The arrival of each new year causes me to reminisce. I define my life in blocks of time, each…
Seeds
About a month previous to Christmas we received our first seed catalogue, but it is only recently…
Major drought of 1864 resulted in many major fires
Weather historians state that dry, hot summers have become more common in recent years, but the…
Juglans
Ironic, ain’t it? The proper pronunciation of my heading this week reminds me strongly of the…
Dazzled by a logo
Rather than symbolizing our insatiable desire for luxury goods, the booming Christmas sales of the…
Retiring retirement
Even though The Holy Bible in Psalm 90 implies a lifespan for humans at “three score and…
Health care, Groves style
Most often when columnists choose to trumpet about our health-care system, the resulting message…
Hiding
Lately, folks, I’ve been getting quite a number of e-mails, and phone calls; some from folks…
Moorefield minister fined for assault on black woman
Two weeks ago this column carried the sad tale of Henry White, a black resident of Peel, who was…
Massive ship railway was planned in 1890
The building of a shortcut for lake shipping from Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron was a…
Building a firewall
As the financial crisis in the United States deepens, we in Canada soon will feel its effects.…
I should be dead, maimed, or in jail
Now that I’ve got this far I wonder how I made it. What do I mean by “this far?”…
An insider’s view
Jennifer Jones worked at Tim Hortons in Kandahar, Afghanistan, for six months. When she wrote this…
Religious revivalists have visited Wellington County
Camp meetings and large-scale revivals are not a big part of the history of religion in…
Missed the bus
In early 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stupidly proclaimed that Hitler…