Traffic circles or roundabouts have been hitting the news in a big way recently. Only weeks ago,…
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Christmas 2008
To the readers of my column, I have long, long, been in arrears, In thanking every one of you…
Harriston dairy turned out ice cream 90 years ago
As snow piles up it is pleasant to think of hot summer days and a summer time treat: ice cream. In…
Celebrating Christmas
It is a depressing comment on current psychology that political correctness has gained so much…
Christmas uncensored
As I sat reminiscing about Christmases past, an incident involving an old friend began to form in…
Shopping
I do very little shopping; I don’t need to. I have very few wants or needs. But I do eat; it…
Local films from the 1940s now available on DVD
Back between 1946 and 1949, a small-time film maker produced a series of 85 films depicting towns…
Political wingnuts
Although this came to me, as an undisclosed recipient through the magic of email, well …
Peel man executed in 1875 for murdering his wife
The settlement of black Americans in the early years of Peel Township has attracted a lot of…
Something must be done
Many years ago when King Edward VIII visited the very depressed coal-mining districts in Britain,…
Step by step through a life of adventure
The arrival of each new year causes me to reminisce. I define my life in blocks of time, each…
Seeds
About a month previous to Christmas we received our first seed catalogue, but it is only recently…
Major drought of 1864 resulted in many major fires
Weather historians state that dry, hot summers have become more common in recent years, but the…
Juglans
Ironic, ain’t it? The proper pronunciation of my heading this week reminds me strongly of the…
Dazzled by a logo
Rather than symbolizing our insatiable desire for luxury goods, the booming Christmas sales of the…