“Fall’ by wayside

5 Sep
When Glengarry Pioneer Museum’s celebration of the autumnal period first appeared on its event calendar eighteen years ago, the word “Fall” was part of its title… as in the “Harvest Fall Festival.” At the time, I argued that its inclusion ... Read more »

Mailbox caveat

29 Aug
I sincerely hope the lead item in last week’s column didn’t send you off in a frantic search for one of the fancy new mailboxes I mentioned. For those of you who missed it, I was commenting on a new ... Read more »

Mailbox lock… seriously?

22 Aug
It’s bad enough that over the past 15 or 20 years — as the composition of our small community slides the slippery slope from rural to rurban — sturdy gates at the end of laneways have become an increasingly familiar ... Read more »

On the road to Opinicon

8 Aug
There was a time when last Saturday’s very early morning splash of rain would have had me in a tizzy, but those were the days when the Dunvegan Recreation Association operated a fund-raising booth at the Glengarry Highland Games. For ... Read more »