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Keith Munro — Celebration of life, August 1

Come and celebrate the life of Keith "Greaser"...

Community breakfast at St. George’s Anglican Church, May 9

Free community breakfast on Saturday, June 13...

Come out for Almonte Celtfest’s 30th anniversary edition July 3-5!

Almonte Celtfest is celebrating their 30th anniversary...

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Letter from Paris: Hot Times for Seniors in Paris

by Keith Spicer Planning to let loose on that long-dreamt getaway to the City of Light? You can probably handle sightseeing yourself with a good guidebook or, better, a professional guide, but...

Who’s left on the right?

“Well, the one on the right was on the left And the one in the middle was on the right And the one on the left was in the middle And the...

Bill Chapman weekly column By the Way to end

After 7 years of loyally contributing to the Millstone, Bill Chapman has decided to end his weekly columns. Bill was one of our first contributors, sending us weekly Friday...
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Dinner with the Doctor

 by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. After almost three decades since the arrival of my doctor to this sylvan community, the experience of dining...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Southern Brazil and Uruguay

by Peter Nelson  Bill’s sister Melodie lives in Sao Paulo.  Sao Paulo’s the business and financial center of Brazil.  Periodically, it fights with Rio over...

Wills and Powers of Attorney

What is the difference between a will and a power of attorney? A will is a written direction regarding the disposition of your assets upon...

Peter Nelson’s travels – The road to Rio

by Peter Nelson On the road outside Belem, I set a new (and so far unbroken) bad-luck hitching record.  Two days — TWO DAYS!! —...

The lost cause

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.It was a lost cause! There was no way in the world that Rebecca was going to fit...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Uaupes and down the Amazon

by Peter Nelson  Well, this could be the last hump in the road back to what passes for civilization, but it’s proving to be a...

La vida breve

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. When I think of the tragedies in life - the car accidents, the wars, the cancers, the brain...

Peter Nelson’s travels – In the middle of the jungle

by Peter Nelson  When last we saw our lonesome hero, he was bailing madly with a battered coffee can, desperately trying to keep a cracked...

Is nothing easy!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The country law chambers were echoing today with the cry, "Is nothing easy!", a philippic uttered more than...

Peter Nelson’s travels – San Fernando de Atabapo, Venezuela

by Peter Nelson  Time to move on.  Somewhere, at this point, “the decision” was made to continue upriver, to press on, not to go back...

The big picture

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I am currently reading a History of England (one of the many books on the subject). The author...

Peter Nelson’s travels – Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela

by Peter Nelson   Ten days later, we pull into Puerto Ayacucho, and I hop ashore.  End of the line, I guess.  Don’t have a clue what...

My theory

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It is probably peculiar to aged people especially to dwell upon the development of theories for living. If...

Draw the line

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. In the practice of law it is difficult to know where to draw the line. A good deal...
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