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Memory lane
I have just come in from wandering around my garden. It is only about 6:10am and the shadows of…
Agricultural College hosted talent competition in 1925
In 1874, the provincial government established the Ontario Agricultural College just…
Will you, won’t you?
Anna and I just faced one of those episodes that brings people face-to-face with the uncertainty of…
Butterfly time
My memory is quite often short-lived but right now, at this moment, I cannot recall a summer that…
C-Nile virus
Well, you have heard of the bird flu, the West Nile virus, the swine flu, now named the very…
Lest We Forget
Through the magic of email, forwarded by a friendly acquaintance, comes a real tearjerker. Get out…
The dreaded spousal Christmas party
I cannot be the only person who dreads attending her spouse’s company Christmas party.…
Evolution versus creation
I have just reread for the umpteenth time Darwin’s theory related to evolution. And I cannot,…
Government delayed post offices in 1909 and 1910
Last week’s column covered the 1908 decision of the federal government to construct…
Blame it on Bubl
This is how rumours get started. I blame it all on Michael Bublé. Well, him and the…
Kitchen gardens II
The first veggies that I think most important in any garden, kitchen or otherwise are the hardy…
Amusing
Recently, the number of letters to the editor numbered greater than ever before. Is this an…
Schooling versus learning
Northrop Frye said, “We must reject that most dismal and fatuous notion that education is the…
The eye of the soul
I sat at my computer, my fingers fluttering aimlessly above the keys, with my brain frozen and…