I’m not one to buy into the hype of Valentine’s Day, if only because I believe romance…
Columns
A backward glance at Elora’s Metcalfe Street
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Take a bow
There are moments that define us. They shape who we are and who we’ll become. They change the…
News from Maryborough Township in 1851 and 1876
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Barnstorming pilot’s career ended at 1939 Clifford fair
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Elora’s Kiddie Kar factory started life as foundry
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Vote
I love elections. I couldn’t wait to get my voter registration notice in the mail. It’s…
Tick-tock
Occasionally I sleep in, but not too often. Mother Nature usually encourages me to answer her call…
Birthdays
Recently I had a birthday. It was brought to my attention by a Happy-Birthday phone call from a…
Christmas 2007
(My apologies to Send me the pillow.) Missing Her I still have the pillow that she dreamed on. I…
The law is the law
Though the following was tucked into my chuckle bucket, from email received well before Christmas,…
New book
Recently I’ve been holed up. It was not unlike working in a salt mine. The reason was not the…
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…