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For sale: Reel mower, bistro set

Lee Valley 27-inch reel mower. Blade sharpening...

Diana’s Quiz – May 18, 2024

by Diana Filer 1.  The Alice Munro story,...

The Toonie Book Sale, May 1

Held over by popular demand! The Toonie Book...

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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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Give me the simple life

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. No doubt every one of us would have a prescription for the simple life. Characteristically the simple life...

Overnight resolutions

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Oddly I sleep most profoundly when I succumb to an afternoon nap on the couch. It's not that...

That duty is performed…

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Years ago I began massaging a formula for living. It was nothing complicated or fancy.  In fact it...

Transcending humanity

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. I don't for a minute imagine that we shall ever exceed our human limitations - whatever may be...

The Patent Fence

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.     Recently I was intrigued to hear an account of the construction of a cedar split-rail fence.  The narrative...

House Husbands

by L. G. William Chapman,  B.A., LL.B. People think nothing of painting housewives with the same brushstroke. Women who stay at home to look after...

Argument

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Funny thing about arguments, they can go both ways if you're not careful.  Listening for example to Breitbart...

The Mayflower (1620)

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Can we possibly fathom how it must have been for the swashbucklers to set sail in the Mayflower in 1620 "in...

Not getting along

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. As fortune would have it I am currently reading a very odd book recommended to me by an exceedingly erudite...

In the shallows

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. While on occasion I compliment myself to suppose I possess a degree of polish, it is likely nearer the cold truth that I...

Make America Grate Again

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. A lot of unpleasant things have been rubbing people the wrong way lately.  Considering Brexit, endless wars, democratic...

Consternation

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Although I aim to steer myself upon smooth roads inevitably I happen upon the grit and gravel of consternation....

It all fits!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Though as a rule the underlying cause amounts to nothing of consequence, I readily proclaim my eruptions of delight with just...

Rising above it all

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It isn't often I succumb to my better judgement and rise above the straitened circumstances of life. Which...
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