Somewhere in the county there is a little, orange-breasted robin suffering post-traumatic stress…
Opinion
No bathing beauty
Somebody find me an airbrush. I am about to enter the public forum of a family vacation water park…
Royal advice
My invitation did not arrive. I was not on the Royal Wedding guest list. It’s okay. I…
Like riding a bike
You’ve heard the expression “It’s just like riding a bike.” That is…
Small drop in gold price was nothing but a blip
Recently, gold has taken a hit from profit-taking. Investors have been switching out of that sector…
Perfect Day
I never thought this day would come, but it arrived. Today was the day my children were…
1860 Breach of Promise case provoked laughter in court
Some of the most interesting legal cases in our local history are those pertaining to breach of…
Clotheslines
From one of my avid readers comes a poem that brings back many memories. Though the younger…
Fall colours
Yesterday, to the day of this writing, I had the pleasure of a visit from my sister Shirley. She…
Erin voted twice in 1950 – and defeated waterworks proposal
This is the conclusion of a three-part account of the proposed Erin water system between 1947 and…
Ready Fox
It has been quite a few years since I last saw a red fox running free in the wild, but it happened…
History repeated
It may not go down in the history books, but it happened again, exactly as it did along about this…
Spring thaw in 1927 created a nightmare for motorists
By 1930, trucks and motor cars had, to a large measure, replaced the railways as the most popular…
Frank
Frank is a new avian friend of mine. There is no other way of expressing Frank’s disposition…
CPR changed staffing policy after collision near Orangeville
The practice of business enterprises to reduce staff levels as an economy measure are a fact of the…