On Friday morning, I was driving to St. Thomas for a therapy appointment. It was just before 11 am, a sunny, crisp and dry day. As I crested the hill on Sunset at the edge of Port Stanley, a big, orange truck came into view.
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Two things that happened by chance collided this week, causing me to burst into tears in front of strangers.
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If Oprah can do this every year, why can’t I? Sure, we are in completely different snack brackets. But my list also doesn’t earn me a cent and doesn’t include those billionaire-making online shopping portals. Here are five of my favourite things to consider as gifts or just for yourself. Just because.
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Here in the waning days of summer you might be asking yourself, what are the Mourning Doves up to? Renowed Dovologist Ophelia Clutterbuck is back to report on another year in the lives of Port Stanley’s Mourning Doves.
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Port Stanley has many hidden gems and on the long weekend my friend/neighbour Carol took me to one of them.
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Last weekend, my neighbour Carol and I went to an open house in our village.
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A couple of years ago, a year after moving to Port Stanley, I started looking around for someplace where I could volunteer.
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As 2024 comes to a close, I’m looking back at the year with gratitude. We keep a jar of “good things.” When something happens throughout the year we write it down and read them on New Year’s Eve. Otherwise, it’s easy to forget how much GOOD there was, even the small things, like finding a new recipe that’s a big hit.
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Unless the train is running, and apart from music, Port Stanley’s mourning doves make some of the most consistent sounds in this village.
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Update: The teen’s body was recovered on Tuesday. The post has been updated to show that the family comes from Turkey, not Syria, as previously reported.
This week started on a tragic note. Our collective hearts ache for a visiting family’s unimaginable loss.
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I simply can’t do the long motorcycle rides anymore. But I enjoy short ones.
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I wonder if it’s simply how people respond when they find things they enjoy. I land somewhere south of obsession and north of a strong case of “like”.
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