Father’s Day: A day that brings joy and celebration for some of us, and pain, grief and disappointment for others. But this polarizing response doesn’t change its worth and value. And it doesn’t change the fact that we all share a father figure who gives ample reason to celebrate.
Columns
On the topic of departures…
This is going to be a two-part column focusing on two completely different things. Airports and thank-yous.
‘Sleep comes inevitably, and sleep is to die’
It has been said that fortune can turn on a dime, and up until the summer of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte’s fortunes had largely been very good indeed.
Call a spade a spade
The middle of each month brings an event that I despise in my house – bills.
A balancing act
For the majority of my life, I have been outnumbered by men.
Own your opinion
In Canada, we have the right to freedom of expression, as laid out in Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In fact, any of the rights in this section of the charter have been deemed fundamental freedoms.
It is important to keep track of medical changes
This column is written as a follow-up to my May 23 column, where I outlined the new cancer medications (pills for melanoma) that I am taking. My experience indicates to me what can happen when changes are made. The question is, “How do I know what was done and was it done properly by the doctor?”
Jesus wept
As I write this, I am preparing for a visitation and memorial for my brother-in-law who died unexpectedly in a recent car accident.
Running out of time? No way, still in her prime
The still morning spring air is interrupted abruptly by an obnoxious, deafening roar.
Boundary review could have been avoided with foresight, common sense
If you’re a football team looking for a kicker, perhaps you should try looking at the Avon Maitland District School Board’s board of trustees.
National Indigenous History Month – what can you do?
June is National Indigenous History Month. This is a chance to celebrate and perhaps honour the Original People of Turtle Island. Not sure how to do that?
1952 Goderich jailbreak overshadowed by Toronto’s Don Jail breakout
Seventy years ago, in the same year as the famous jailbreak from Toronto’s Don Jail, the Goderich Gaol had two inmates escape.
Hail to the Queen
If you search “on this day” for a certain amount of years ago, some interesting things will pop up.
Bruce County Memories: My father was the milkman
Long before Olive and Gordon Hepburn ran the Hope Bay Post Office, Olive helped her father at the family dairy in Wiarton. Olive also wrote a lot for the Yearbook of the Bruce County Historical Society. In this story, from 1978, she tells how milk got delivered to the doorstep 100 years ago.
Bits and pieces
As I write this on Monday evening (actually, it’s closer to Tuesday morning, but who’s keeping track?), writer’s block has gotten the best of this writer’s brain.
