The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Columns
Living longer
Almost all of us would like to live longer, and consequently, most make efforts to do so. As far…
Pine Siskin
Pine siskins (Spinus pinus) don’t often appear in urban gardens, so I was a little bit…
Just looking
The weekend prior to our first snowfall I took off to our son’s family farm, which is…
Year’s end
The just past year is coming to an end and the next just about to start its beginning.…
Free speech
Sir Winston Churchill in 1946 said, "We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the…
Country music
I’m back to listening to country music again. In my younger days, eons and eons ago, it was…
Proud Canadian
Not often do I not find the time to do what I usually like to do, but this week happens to be one…
They’re back
The phone rang quite early just the other morning. I’m an early morning riser, and I’d…
Smile pile
Periodically, when I’m a little busy, when time runs out, and a deadline lurks, my thinker…
Bat house workshop
This past Saturday, as you all will now know, I was away almost all of the day. I was dragged…
Interesting weeks
This past couple of weeks have been both busy, interesting, and yes, too, exciting, for me.…
Markdale
It is not really of significant interest that triple 08 marks the date of this particular…
Six months in jail for throwing a stone in 1908
Last week’s column described a violent assault that took place during the severe but…
Raid on a Puslinch still caused a barnyard furor
One of the curiosities of the history of alcohol consumption is that illegal distilleries…