Author Archives: James Joyce

Every once and awhile, something written in this chronicle elicits a response. And last week was one of these rare occasions. Two readers, one from Alexandria and one from Greenfield, reached out to comment on my column’s very last sentence: ... Read more »

For those of you who are true auction aficionados, the shift to online bidding during Pandemic 2020 must be pretty thin gruel. The head-butting bidding wars that are the hallmark of in-person auctions are reduced to the speed of dripping ... Read more »

Supporters seem to be responding positively to the Glengarry Pioneer Museum’s online Christmas Arts & Crafts auction. I haven’t looked at every item, but many of the ones I did check had received opening offers, and a number were already ... Read more »

In PC times (that’s ‘pre-Covid’, not ‘politically correct’), November is the season of Christmas craft fairs. Or “one-of-a-kind” shows as they’re called in the big city. Church halls and community centres from one end of Glengarry to the other, Dunvegan’s ... Read more »