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EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton Place

Second Annual EARTHFEST, April 20 in Carleton...

An Almonte baby boom

Springtime is often busy in the Almonte...

Brenda Edgerton — obituary

Edgerton, Brenda Pauline Brenda passed peacefully after fighting a...

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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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Yuck!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. There are two things I don't do well - Third World and children. Interestingly they have certain commonalties,...

Canada Day

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. One naturally becomes introspective about being Canadian on July 1st, Canada Day (or what in my memory was...

Monday with a crash!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. As popular as it is to record the welcome and accepted advantages of a Friday afternoon and an upcoming weekend,...

Don’t worry, be happy!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently exhorted the United States, "Don't worry, be happy!" I doubt he considers the...

Dinner for one

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B.   If one were to listen only to the sentimental jazz tunes from the American songbook of the 1940s there'd...

Still ticking

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. My paternal grandfather was hooked on watches. He had something like forty of them when he died. I inherited several -...

Language

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Although President Donald Trump's use of cryptic language is normally understood by even the lowest common denominator, certain...

Banks

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. My professional career - which is to say the bulk of the last forty years of my life -...

Talking to a drunk

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Years ago when I was practicing law - and regularly drinking scotch whiskey in the evenings before dinner -...

Some other time…

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The lyrics of "Some Other Time" have beguiled me for years. The melody is mesmerizing. Whenever I hear...

What I really mean to say

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. My descent into curmudgeonly conduct has accelerated at an Olympic rate. On the one hand I feel obliged to...

Whew!  That was close!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. For the past several days I have been reading Stephen King's book "On writing: a memoir of the...

Terra Firma aka “Home Sweet Home”

by L. G. William Chapman I would prefer to be more interesting than I am. I imagine what it would be to have within one's...

To the beach

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. In the seven years we have been wintering on Hilton Head Island I have never once swum in the...
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