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Igrew up in a police household. My dad was a federal cop for years, and we were transferred everywhere. I don't think I spent more than one year an any given high school for a few years in the 1980s. More ... 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 6, 1908 • The storm of Saturday and Sunday gave the railways a little taste of the conditions of four years ago, and, incidentally, a taste of what the West had to contend with last winter. Saturday night the passenger train from Owen Sound due at Shelburne at 5:14 did not reach the town until about 6:30. More ... Iam not a big fan of those good-natured aesthetes on television, the Designer Guys who create totally perfect rooms that, allegedly, enhance one's life and leisure. I am, however, the son of a mother who, in addition to her many good works in the community, presided over a house in which there was a place for everything and everything was expected to be in its place. More ... There's a joke making the rounds these days that officials sent a shipment of lead back to China. Why? Because it had too many toys in it. More ... The most bloodthirsty dictator of recent decades has died and some former Ontario premiers must be remembering the happier times they had together. More ... Life is a learning experience. Retirement is just another opportunity to learn. A forestry colleague had a career policy to change direction every 5 years, moving to completely different forestry fields. Many of us are security conscious with ambitions to move ever forward in a single chosen direction. More ... Ava the baby was born love... not in love, or giving or getting love, but as love. This baby/love didn't express herself as a smile, a kiss or a hug. Those are expressions of the language of love we learn as our intellect develops. More ... Listening to Lent From now until Easter, the Orangeville and District Ministerial will hold Lenten Services and Luncheons at Tweedmuir Presbyterian Church. More ... |
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