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FOR SALE: Schwinn 470 Elliptical with User Manual

Two and a half years old but...

Spaghetti with Fresh Sausage

by Susan Hanna This recipe from Food and...

When grief overshadows the holiday season

By Ruth DuBois, BScN, MA (Counselling) While all...

Reflections from the Swamp

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The Skinny Shirt at the Hub

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader Most of us have tried diets over the years. Our biomass often increases slowly with age. I have dieted many times only to find myself...

The Leaning Outhouse of Corkery

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader It's been a long time since I've written to you. The news in a world filled with wars, fires, floods, conspiracy theories, and gloom often...

Illuminated by Small Miracles

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader The first days of Spring are full of firsts. We see the first goose, Robin, Tulips, and today, the first swallow. We've all seen this life...
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Fall Rains on Thanksgiving

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader After weeks of high temperatures, dinners on the deck, a last swim at the quarry, and watching the angels with...

Fall Morning Routines      

Reflections from the Swamp A new, glorious day awaits the dawn, and the sun is starting to sleep in. It's too early for the first-morning...

Sandy Beach

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader This story is about a time I had to adjust to the end of summer and face the reality of...

Murdoch comes to The Swamp

Reflections from the Swamp Shots were heard in the swamp on a night with only a tiny sliver of the moon to dispel the darkness....

My Bride’s Away

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader We’re zipping through the hay days of summer. I’ve missed writing to you and keeping in touch. I hope you...

The History of Ripped Jeans, Grandmas, and Edmond

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader I imagined taking my deceased mother for a walk in downtown Almonte to see the changes happening on the main...

Father’s Day and Barbecues

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader If my father were still with us, he'd be a hundred years old this year. His name was Nicolaas. There...

Hopping out of the Swamp

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader I hope you all are well back in Mississippi Mills. We are in Nova Scotia for two funerals postponed since...

King Charles III and Canada

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Readers Greetings, and welcome back to Reflections from the Swamp. It has been about a month since I've written in the...

Houston, The Goose has Landed

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader I know that many of you have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the geese on Corkery Pond. Undoubtedly you...

A Disastrous School Ski trip to Mount Pakenham

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader During March Break, I dropped in on a friend who used to teach with me in Carp. We shared a...

Goose Lotto Update

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader Thanks to all of you who entered the Goose Lotto. This year has experienced more snow than usual, although the...

Millstone Goose Lotto

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader I was thinking about you the other day. You could probably use a few million to fulfill your wildest dreams....

Journey of the Geese

Reflections from the Swamp Dear Reader Somewhere in the warm south, the geese are beginning to feel restless. The days are getting longer. The call of...
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