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The Millstone is 15 years old today

by Edith Cody-Rice When my husband, Val Sears,...

Shrimp Stir-Fry with Chives and Chiles

by Susan Hanna This recipe from Bon Appetit...

Sandra McManus — celebration of life

McManus, Sandra Anne Passed away peacefully at the...

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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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Religion

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Dear Board, I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member. Sincerely yours, Groucho Marx. Among the...

Getting back to work

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Like an old dog, I am comfortable with old habits, among them, getting back to business. Thirteen years...

The only thing missing is the slaves!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. There is it seems a wealth of Americans who have an undeniable - and mildly perverse - thirst for...

Be careful. Life is short.

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. All my life I have heard (as no doubt you have too) the admonition to enjoy life while you can. Carpe...

An Expat’s Christmas

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. When my elderly mother asked when I intended to leave for Florida for the winter (we actually go...

Buyer Beware!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Over the space of the last 67 years (my entire life) I have owned 25-acres of vacant rural...

Mechanical Saturday

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Much of what we traditionally do on Saturdays is performed as though by rote and as a result...

Retail Therapy

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Refinement - apart from its industrial connotation (the removal of impurities) - is most often associated with people or things...

Quelling the Madness

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. The punishment of the US post-election frenzy has already been mostly blunted. How soon we synthesize catastrophe!  Besides I've...

Blustery autumn day

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Last night we agreed we'd go grocery shopping today.  And visit my elderly mother.  Early this morning before...

Battalion! Right turn!

 by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. It was shortly after four o'clock this morning when I turned off the TV and went to bed,...

Election Day – November 8, 2016 – The Trump Evolution

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. We have the distinction of being on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on USA Election Day, November 8,...

BFF (“Best friends forever”)

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Jill and I go back a ways. We hit it off the instant we met - which I...

Off we go!

by L. G. William Chapman, B.A., LL.B. Every second Thursday afternoon our housekeeper performs a cathartic purge of our residence. We make a point to get out...
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