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Last week we turned up the page to July on the most recent calendar our daughter Christina gave us and there was a magnificent photo of the interior of the Palace of Versailles, taken by Chris herself.
Unspeakable tragedy, Nothing to see here, A closer look
Knowing words as we do, quiet on the page, obedient in speech and supposedly inanimate in the brain, we're seldom encouraged to consider their inner lives.
An item in a recent Farmtario column reminded me of how a native of our county played a part in our country's history and culture.
Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, his Academy Award-winning film from 2014, tells the story of a hotel concierge and his protégé as a conflict very closely resembling World War II breaks out.
The little village of Bluevale was once the home of a young man by the name of Clayton Baxter Duff. His early life was likely similar to those of other boys his age, but, as he grew into manhood, the course of his life had an abrupt change.
There was surprising news recently that, in 2023, some Canadian cities had among the worst air quality in the world, as smoke from the worst forest fires in memory filled the air of southern cities.
There is an old saying that, in springtime, a young man's fancy turns to love. In the Huron County of a few generations ago, that saying could have been that a young man's fancy turns to harvesting...
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