It is official: I am now the parent of a teenager. You know what this means, right? I am redundant,…
Failure
I must admit that I have become a complete failure. With all the ice and snow and long dragged-out…
Store robberies were an epidemic in Wellington County in the 1920s
Over the past year this column has described some of the store robberies that plagued Wellington…
Becoming blurred
Over the next couple of decades, rural North America will undergo a drastic change. That will…
Confessions of an athlete’s mom
I would like to add another chapter to the mother guilt collection I have accumulated over the past…
Local issues
“Ontario must confront the new challenges emerging in the global marketplace, including the…
Billy or Buck
Billy or buck, nanny or doe – that is the question. What difference does it mean? What…
Assisting Mount Forest industry was a divisive issue in 1923
Promoting industry with municipal loans and grants was a popular practice in Ontario during the…
Things to come
Many years ago H. G. Wells wrote a book, Things To Come, forecasting an ominous future.…
Rising moon
Not many nights ago, as I left my birdie bungalow after checking them all for the night, I could…
Slumber party
The morning after my daughter’s slumber party, which involved 10 girls ranging in age from…
Foreign workers
In recent weeks, and in light of reports regarding the hiring of temporary foreign workers at RBC,…
Superior Knitting Company did not enjoy good relations in Mount Forest
This is the second of a two-part column on the stormy history of the Superior Knitting Company in…
Bridging the gap
In many parts of Canada, particularly in the eastern parts of the nation, too many youngsters do…
Parked
It’s funny how the most innocent events in life can go so terribly wrong. A recent walk…