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Faith restored
The best thing about my job is the people I meet. Last week was no exception when I spoke to the…
Beyond midnight
On occasion, sleep is sometimes evasive. Mine is quite often broken by the incessant call of…
First local temperance groups were organized in the 1850s
Over the years this column has dealt with the temperance movement on several occasions. Most of the…
A mixed message
In a kind of message of Christmas cheer, it appears that the housing sector in the United States is…
Christmas 2012
Once again, sneaking up on us in the shadows of darkness, taking advantage of the shorter growing…
All you need
Christmas makes me sentimental. I think it has something to do with getting older, wiser (what? It…
Alma flax mill destroyed by fire in February,1921; ends industry here
Flax raising and processing – both for the fibre and for the production of linseed oil…
More of the same
More often than not the most accurate forecasts for the weather are “more of the same.”…
Puppy love
Guess what I got for Christmas? You are never going to believe this. The Carpenter made my only…
Silkie bantams
Silkie bantams are not new to me. I met my first silkies when I was in my very early teens. At the…
Thieves went on a break-in spree in Elora in 1920
ELORA – Hallowe’en night was long established as a time for mischief and petty crime in…
The frazzled generation
In this era the past 20-somethings remain mired too often in protracted adolescence. That, plus…
Bottle drive
In the spirit of the Christmas season, I decorated my hatchback car like Rudolph the Red-Nosed…
A new year
At the time of this writing, the old year still lingers, but by the time it is tucked into your…