I’ve done a lot of thinking about the concept of truth in fiction. After publishing When…
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Robbers
I was sitting at my computer early this past Monday morning answering a few accumulated emails. The…
Four new churches were dedicated in early 1864
The period from roughly 1860 to 1875 marked a flurry of church construction in Wellington,…
1890 marriage breakup had city’s tongues wagging
Joe Brydges, a resident of Guelph in the 1880s, worked as an iron finisher in the foundries of the…
Step by step through a life of adventure
The arrival of each new year causes me to reminisce. I define my life in blocks of time, each…
An Insider’s view II
Continued from last week “Of course, we’re the only Tim Hortons where the majority of…
Old barns
Old barns have always fascinated me. I don’t really know why. Perhaps it’s that they…
Best friends
Most of us can name people who contributed greatly to our lives. In my case, I had a boss who gave…
Outstretched hands
Recently I received a letter from Partners International, appealing for funds for an orphanage in…
Children lead
Because I have travelled and lived abroad, people often ask me for the secret to good race…
The great ‘unknown unknown’ explains the market chaos
What basically has gone so amiss in the housing market? Of course, primarily it was the rapid and…
Dodging the big issues
Columnists have days when we sit in front of our computers wondering what to write about; or should…
Students are becoming strapped for funds
At this time of year, students are getting ready to attend a college or university. They have been…
Gold became underappreciated, undervalued, under-owned
For a number of years, this column has been predicting that the price of gold would move higher. It…
Premature optimism over better housing prices
After a long period of declines in house prices, current data offers a glimmer of hope that the…