The ability to be present is a strength and doesn’t come easily to most of us. We often live day to day on autopilot, plowing through the daily obstacles and to-do’s with anxiety and time pressure existing to get through the next item.
Columns
Marvel
I meant to pack the anti-nausea medicine. Motion sickness and vertigo are inherited traits. I cannot read in a moving car or sit backwards on a train. Roller coasters? Forget about it. Those glory days are behind me.
News from the Mapleton Township area in 1878, 1903
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Mystic
So long July, you most beautiful of months, you. Thanks for a great birthday, for introducing me to amazing people, for unexpected adventures and for the reminder that I have an amazing community around me. It’s been fun.
Civic Holiday in 1870s had community purpose
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Christian Kloepfer dominated Guelph business sector
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Sliver
I stepped out of the shower onto the soft, luxurious mat and immediately felt the pain of something sharp pierce the ball of my foot. Ouch.
Ducky
Well-meaning friends and colleagues have told me throughout my life that I need to stop worrying and learn to let things go, like water rolling off a duck’s back. Let the opinions and actions of others roll right off my back.
Christian Kloepfer a forgotten Guelph businessman
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Open Mind: Deconstructing failure
Failure is a charged word that every person has experience with.
A nasty letter from an ‘important man’ in 1844
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Ninth
On the ninth day of the seventh month of a year where Simon and Garfunkel topped the charts singing about bridges over troubled water, I entered the world with a smile on my face and a wink at the doctor (because I was boy crazy right out of the gate).
Retro beat
A recent trend caught my attention in a way that made me laugh, yet also made me uncomfortable.
Summer of 1954 a lively one for north Wellington
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Open Mind: Grief: Looking at the world from the inside out
One of the ways we have learned to cope with things that are tough is through denial.