Recently, someone asked me, "When do you plan to retire?" I laughed, saying that…
Opinion
Screwed
Washing dishes is a dangerous thing for me. I think a lot. That’s usually trouble. Like when…
Ignorance is not bliss
It is through education that our young people come to know what society cherishes. By means of…
Major storm struck Wellington County in July 1870
Extreme weather conditions and storms are fascinating subjects for historical study. Wellington…
Its winter
This past morning, at first light, when I looked out my second-floor bed and sitting room window,…
A supercycle
Why is our economy behaving so differently this time? Ordinarily, after a business contraction…
Four men changed pleas in 1921 attack on jailor
Note: This is the second part of the story of Sam McArdle, Joseph Hobson and John…
Does province plan never ending debt fees?
After paying off your mortgage, what would you do if your bank continued to send you a bill? Anyone…
Battle lines
My house has become a battle of the sexes. It’s girls versus boys. Good ole estrogen versus…
New arrivals
From cold, cold to warm, warm, the weather switched almost overnight. It was from heavy jackets and…
Crop circles
Happy Birthday Queen Victoria. Thank you for giving us Canadians a completely irrelevant excuse to…
Disco Daddy Day
People often tell me that they feel sorry for my spouse, the Carpenter, because he is often the…
Reality
“To market, to market, to buy a fat pig.” So went a poetic nursery rhyme along about…
Watch this
Big Brother is watching. No, not the conspiracy theory Big Brother, I mean the television show. You…
A cluster of railway incidents in the summer of 1912
Train wrecks have always been a source of fascination to most people. Perhaps it is the scale of…