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Skipping stones
For the second time in my life, I spent the August long weekend grieving the loss of a dear friend…
Officials feared sectarian strife after 1847 execution
Last week’s column related the events of March 22, 1847, and the death of Richard Oliver…
Relaunching products can help businesses with good sales results
Retailers and companies’ branded goods often require an overhaul to keep up with new shopping…
Canadas scarcity of calamity
Talk about earthquakes. The floor of our second-storey apartment shook. The lamps rocked, my big…
Ivan
Not too many of my readers will have had, as I, the pleasure of meeting Ivan. The Little Lady and I…
Mon Chat
It seems I am building my own version of Noah’s arc. I have no divine purpose, no big boat in…
Itinerant Gypsies sometimes ran afoul of the law
Few readers of this column have ever seen old-fashioned bands of Gypsies – or Roma, as they…
Hazard lights are flashing warnings for western democracies
In a working paper written by three senior staff economists for the Swiss-based Bank of…
Retirement
Recently, someone asked me, "When do you plan to retire?" I laughed, saying that…
My summer success
The pool turned green. The grass turned yellow in blotches. We needed an extra blanket on our beds.…
Befuddled
I’m not sure if befuddled is a word or not, but my spell check doesn’t reject it, so…
Rash of barn fires hit the Guelph area in 1896 and 1897
Fire was a constant fear of 19th century property owners. Towns and villages maintained volunteer…
Unforeseen consequences of modern travelling
Now that the summer holiday season is ending, and the interruption caused by volcanic ash has been…
Zumba Me
You know I am often game for public humiliation. Not on purpose, but by misfortune and by my own…