Recently I’ve been holed up. It was not unlike working in a salt mine. The reason was not the…
Columns
Good news
Not often do we get exceptionally good news from the bird world. But times are changing and…
Purple martins
Wow. What an interest there is in bringing the purple martin back to Wellington County. Never…
Biological clock
“You can take the farm boy away from the farm, but you can’t take the farm away from…
The daffodil principle
Sent to me, from a friend who cares, through the magic of email, via the internet, is the…
Dawg
I don’t think there is a reader, within the hinterlands of the Wellington Advertiser’s…
When Tomorrow Never Comes
When tomorrow never comes, And my time on earth is over. Will there be a new life that awaits, The…
Late nesters
I am not, thank God, what one would call a formal gardener. Strait rows, bare ground, and no weeds…
Elora woman left town after two-day charivari
The charivari, or shivaree, as it is usually spelled in southern Ontario, is a social ritual…
Further erosion of free speech
Last winter I wrote three columns about the erosion of free speech in Canada. That’s scary…
Age discrimination: alive and well here
Some years ago Ontario established new procedures for people to obtain a driver’s licence…
Christmas uncensored
As I sat reminiscing about Christmases past, an incident involving an old friend began to form in…
Building a firewall
As the financial crisis in the United States deepens, we in Canada soon will feel its effects.…
Step aside
Just about everybody I know has an opinion on fixing the economy. When it comes to economic issues,…
Definition of “cow” led to 1890 court case in Guelph
James McQueen ranks as one of the most prominent farmers in the latter decades of 19th century…