I was 10 years old when my Nana Waterhouse passed away. I wore a yellow skirt with a white blouse…
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Hello, hello
Hello. Hello. Hellooooo. Is the first salutation that I hear each morning as I approach my canary…
All signs point to economy in deep trouble
In view of widespread confusion, we need a new reality check. Too few understand our economic…
Traffic jams
I have often said that being a parent is like letting your heart jump outside of your body and run…
I believe
Over this past holiday season, I received what seemed to me to be a far greater number of friendly…
Group of Guelph youths involved in 1920s crime spree
Many people bemoan that crimes perpetrated by young people seem to be increasing. In truth,…
Investors must understand facts of life
It should come as no surprise that investment firms’ recommendations so often are wide of a…
Chinny, chin, chin
Everybody has something they do in the privacy of their homes that they don’t want anyone…
Bitchy
I don’t know whether it’s the creeping up of age that is making me a little…
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…
Oil prices defying gravity
Every time we stop at a gas station we are astonished at the high price we have to pay for…
Mushy example
My funny Valentine, sweet comic Valentine, partner in life, love and mortgage payments, how I adore…
Chickery chick
“Chickery chick, cha-la, cha-la Check-a-la romey in a bananika Bollika, wollika, can’t…
Parisian Steam Laundry offered service to Wellington County
Laundry is a mundane subject, but it has an interesting history over the past century and a half.…
Psychological tricks to help convince us to buy goods
Nowadays businesses in Canada engage in all kinds of psychological tricks in attempts to get us to…