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Opinion
What’s so hard about wearing a mask?
Remember the good old days when conspiracy theorists were confined to their parents’ damp, dark basements, justly isolated from the rest of the world?
Green bin
A few months ago I came home to find a green bin standing upright in the driveway.
Guelph man chained father in stable in 1875
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Conservation initiatives of 1913 failed to get action
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Victory, in due time
What a time this COVID-19 pandemic has been.
Fifty
Early last Monday morning, as I was getting in the car to head to work, my three favourite neighbours, the cutest kids in town, yelled across the street in unison, “Happy birthday, Kelly!” Adorable.
News from the Mapleton area in 1952 and 1982
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Hot
The heat warnings of late have really turned up the heat of my affection for my husband, the Carpenter.
What was the point?
It seems like everyone is going camping these days – people at work, friends of friends and far away relatives enjoying a few days roughing it.
Arthur’s Rixon Rafter first blind editor in Canada
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Oasis
A long-standing mystery for me has recently been solved. I understand why people love gardening. I get it now. I truly do. It’s so simple that I cannot believe I’ve missed it all this time, when the answers were growing around me all along. Gardening is its own reward.