This is the make or break season for retailers. The final quarter of the year usually accounts for…
India: a world of contradiction
The recent terrorist attack on India took me back to my first visit to that country 15 years ago.…
Tombstone musings
The week just prior to this writing, a friend of mine, who shows up whenever I need wheels, and…
Peel council and farmers took a radical stand in 1931
No one today would regard the farmers of Peel Township, or, more properly, Mapleton, as radical in…
Turned upside down
When the American colonies fought the British for independence in the 18th century, the…
Does everything in life go in circles?
Traffic circles or roundabouts have been hitting the news in a big way recently. Only weeks ago,…
Christmas 2008
To the readers of my column, I have long, long, been in arrears, In thanking every one of you…
Harriston dairy turned out ice cream 90 years ago
As snow piles up it is pleasant to think of hot summer days and a summer time treat: ice cream. In…
Celebrating Christmas
It is a depressing comment on current psychology that political correctness has gained so much…
Christmas uncensored
As I sat reminiscing about Christmases past, an incident involving an old friend began to form in…
Shopping
I do very little shopping; I don’t need to. I have very few wants or needs. But I do eat; it…
Local films from the 1940s now available on DVD
Back between 1946 and 1949, a small-time film maker produced a series of 85 films depicting towns…
Political wingnuts
Although this came to me, as an undisclosed recipient through the magic of email, well …
Peel man executed in 1875 for murdering his wife
The settlement of black Americans in the early years of Peel Township has attracted a lot of…
Something must be done
Many years ago when King Edward VIII visited the very depressed coal-mining districts in Britain,…