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Own your own Taylor lawn bowls. One...

Pinehurst: Jane Jacobs and the positive side of Nimbyism

I attended the December 2, 2025 public...

Gingery Pork and Snap Pea Stir Fry

by Susan Hanna This recipe from Bon Appetit...

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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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The Red Panda

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Toby, who had a protuberant little belly (over which hung a tag strung from his neck announcing his...

Sent from my Blackberry Wireless

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.  Once you are bitten by the technology bug there are seemingly endless possibilities to feed the disease which...

Things I never want to do again

by L.G. William Chapman B.A., LL.B. We all know those rose-cheeked folk whom one suspects as having been born with a riding crop in hand...

Under the Circumstances

 by L.G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.  The rain, driven by a hard wind, splattered in large drops against the windshield of the decrepit Vauxhall as...

The penalty of saving money

by L.G. William Chapman B.A. LL.B.  It is a tough sell to get people to adopt an attitude for saving. There are so many convenient excuses...

Aging parents

by L.G. William Chapman B.A., LL.B. There are some whose parents are sadly no longer whinnying among us, and for those unfortunate individuals the concern...

Mostyn biographical sketches

By L.G. William Chapman B.A. LL.B. The first Regular Communication of Mississippi Lodge, A.F. & A.M., G.R.C. (In Ontario) was held at Almonte, Ontario on...

Retirement

 By L.G. William Chapman B.A., LL.B. Apart from the recent floods and the economy, for people of my advanced age the most provocative subject...

Stories and folklore – Part 2

by L.G. WIlliam Chapman B.A. LL.B. Introduction I think you'll agree that Almonte is rather like one big family. As with any family, no history is...

Stories and folklore

By L.G. William Chapman, B.A. LL.B.   Introduction I think you'll agree that Almonte is rather like one big family. As with any family, no history...

The last will and testament

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.    Mr. Stanley McCubbin, aged 65 years and having a thick shock of grey hair and a ruddy...

Waiting for the school bus

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Young Jeremy Roswell awoke without opening his eyes and turned grudgingly in his bed. The half-defeated ringing of the...

Trust your instincts

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. On a certain level adherence to one’s instincts is almost pathological, smacking as it does of compulsive behaviour...

Upper sixth form at St. Andrew’s College (1966 – 1967)

by L.G. William Chapman B.A., LLB. While my diary makes no mention of it, an event occurred in the summer prior to my return to...
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