I love how vehicles are becoming more techie than I will ever be, and as long as everything works, all is well. Unfortunately, last week,...

Starting a new business is difficult, challenging, and quite stressful at the best of times. Starting a new business during a pandemic is...

Parking in a busy mall or public lot is always a challenge, especially as we approach the Christmas season. I honestly believe there is...

While looking at my calendar, I realized this weekend was supposed to be the Santa Claus parade in Toronto. I have always loved the...

Every so often my mind drifts back in time and I find myself reminiscing about the good old days. Today I seem to fixated on October,...

Retirement seems to be something we are all thinking about, regardless of what age we are. I suppose, if I had thought a little more...

One of my favourite Shops in Port Perry is the Wee Tartan Shop, on Queen Street. Ok, so I may be Dutch, and not Scottish, but that...

As many of you know, last week the Provincial government wisely made a difficult decision to close a number of establishments, in an...

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It is amazingly difficult to come to grips with the fact that we have been in, what many are calling, ‘The New Normal’, for nearly seven...

Human behaviour has always fascinated me. The way people act and behave varies around the world, but there are several traits which seem...

September has always been one of my favourite months, as leaves begin to slowly transform into bright reds and yellows. The need for a...

If you live in North Durham and are ever in the market for a book, or simply some information about an author, a title or a subject, the...

Getting old sucks, but it certainly beats the alternative. Getting old, without enough money to live on is even worse, so I did a little...

Those of us fortunate enough to remember the sixties (or at least part of them), have two remarkable events logged in the recesses of our...

There is nothing like waking up and sitting down to a scrumptious plate of bacon and eggs with some toast and a good helping of home...

There are very few people in North Durham who are not familiar with Compton Communications, now owned by Rogers. This very successful...

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There is no doubt about it; times are tough. Yes, we have been through much greater turmoil than this, in the recent past, but nothing...

I was born in the south of the Netherlands and, surprisingly to most people, had not seen a pair of wooden shoes until I came to Canada....