As a writer, I have tried my hand at many literary genre. That includes technical books, news…
Opinion
Can civility and politics merge?
The word civility has come to my attention a number of times in recent weeks, making me…
Does everything in life go in circles?
Traffic circles or roundabouts have been hitting the news in a big way recently. Only weeks ago,…
Health care, Groves style
Most often when columnists choose to trumpet about our health-care system, the resulting message…
A place to hide
Most of us have special places tucked in remote corners of our minds, places we return to when…
Illicit affair led to the death of a mother and child
Under the headline A Sad Tale, the Guelph Weekly Mercury reported the death of Mrs. Benjamin…
Child went to new home in messy 1892 domestic dispute
The abduction of a child is a fear of many parents, even though the vast majority of such cases are…
Statistical records can be useful to historians
A continuing argument among professional historians concerns the value and place of statistical…
More on the early years of automobiles in Wellington
Several readers contacted me with comments and questions after last week’s column on the…
Train robbers received three year sentences in 1908
The North American economy suffered a major and sudden downturn in the summer of…
Water and air
In a younger year, preteen and beyond, I was exceptionally fortunate in having a chance extended…
Canadian, eh?
A recent email written in Scottish dialect got me thinking about languages and how I have made them…
Loving the family rebel
Do you ever feel like drowning or disowning your kids or grandkids? Don’t do it. Drowning…
Clawback II
Continued from last week: “Maybe I could accept it if it weren’t for some of the…
Birthdays
Every year along about the first scattering of snowflakes in the foremost weeks of November, I have…