Last week’s column offered the first part of the story of the winter of 1908, and the storms…
Not a good bet
According to conventional wisdom, it is accepted as a good bet that shares on the stock market…
Changing for the sake of change
As a normal result of getting older, almost any comment about change in society sends me spinning…
Iggily Spiggily
You might experience a double take and wonder why I have picked such a fickle unfitting title…
Armed holdup of farmer shocked Peel in 1925
Back in the 1920s, Joseph Davidson operated a 150-acre farm on Concession 13 of Peel Township,…
Not much help
If you wish to rely on economic predictions, particularly longer term ones, you will discover that…
Huskies
The sun shone brightly on the 12 acre hay field completely covered with well settled snow. It was a…
A journey into hope
My travel column for this month recalls a trip taken about six years ago into the Golden Triangle…
Mrs. Norman Vincent Peale had an Elora connection
Those who make a habit of reading daily newspapers may have spotted an obituary notice in early…
Suggestive power
Television viewers or movie watchers do not realize that subtly they are being bombarded by covert…
The trials and errors of writing a novel
Every writer who dreams big dreams imagines writing a best-selling novel. And the rest of us, who…
Good news
Not often do we get exceptionally good news from the bird world. But times are changing and…
Father-son stabbing incident turned into a farce
Samuel Soper was one of the better known men in 19th century Eramosa Township and Rockwood. He and…
Media problems
There is a common lament in the media sector: circulation is either flat or declining slightly,…
When long-term memory fails
In April 1971, as we looked forward to our move to South Africa, we planned to visit a conference…