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“Hey, I know you!”

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 8:57 am   /   Columnists

Have you ever been on the wrong side of one of those “hey, I know you!” moments? I have, and it was one of my worst. I was walking on a woodland trail just outside Sault Ste Marie. A fellow came along in the other direction. I instantly recognized his face. So I stopped him, […]

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Lies my father told me

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 8:57 am   /   Columnists

My already frizzy, stickieout hair stands on end whenever I hear the words, “Oh, you know me, I can’t lie.” Guess I don’t know people as well as they think I know them. How interesting would this world be if people really and truly couldn’t tell lies? What I like most about the folks who […]

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Joy of quilting

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 9:08 am   /   Columnists

If this past weekend’s weather didn’t make you feel like snuggling under a great big comfy quilt, I don’t know what would. I’d bet the only type of precipitation missing in “the local mix” might have been snow, although a lot of folks reported seeing hail. Close enough. The crazy and the brave faced the […]

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Mighty oaks from little acorns

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 9:07 am   /   Columnists

While exploring the wine producing countries that border the Black Sea we should first visit Lebanon and Israel. For over 6,000 years, there has been a wine presence in Lebanon supported by the Christian Marionette community. The most regarded vineyard, which has achieved an almost cult like following, is Chateau Musar located north east of […]

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A morning in Partridge Hollow

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 9:07 am   /   Columnists

It’s as if the light of the moon is caught in the fog that strolls through Partridge Hollow on this early morning. I come to a dip in the road that takes me beneath a layer of mist and when I re-emerge, the scene before me is of a marmalade forest painted with the brush […]

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A tale of two goalies

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 9:04 am   /   Columnists

Jordan Ruby is ready to move on in the next phase of his hockey career. He is combining his hockey life with an academic one. He is now enrolled as a full-time student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, a school that plays at the highest level in American College hockey—Division One. Originally from Tavistock, […]

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The Leafs invade Trenton

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 9:08 am   /   Columnists

Toronto Maple Leaf hockey fans have come out in droves to watch their favourite players go through their paces in Trenton, of all places. After winning their first two games in Toronto, the team headed east for three days in eastern Ontario. Most of their agenda is a deep dark secret, military style. But they […]

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Thanks but…

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 9:07 am   /   Columnists

No thanks. Yup, you read that right. No thanks. I’m not talking about a thankless Thanksgiving weekend. As a matter of fact, each year Thanksgiving weekend is a gentle reminder of the good stuff I’ve experienced in my life. This past Thanksgiving was the first time in well over 40 years LOML and I haven’t […]

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County gives big bonjour

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 9:06 am   /   Columnists

All has been silent on the County’s economic development front for several months. But armed with statistics from the 2011 summer season, County officials are getting ready to roll out an exciting new initiative, perhaps to prove that we don’t need a marketing genius to lead us into the promised land. The stats have revealed […]

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The secret’s in the oak

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 9:06 am   /   Columnists

The history of wine spans thousands of years and is tightly weaved through the history of agriculture, cuisine, civilization and humanity itself. Recent evidence suggests the earliest known wine production occurred in Armenia. In 2011 archaeologists in Armenia announced the discovery of the world’s oldest-known wine production facility located an the Areni cave complex, which […]

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