Maria says that her upcoming one is not all that significant, The three guys in her life say differently. Two of them – myself and our grandson Teddy – can say so in words....
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It’s what my younger granddaughter Susannah wants her Nonna to bake for her 8th birthday tomorrow. We have weekly celebrations in October capped off by Susannah’s birthday. As with all the grandkids, it’s a...
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We’ve been through a few with Sarah – sacraments of initiation,4 levels of academic ceremonies, domestic and international travel, marriage, motherhood – just to name a few. There was a time when I wasn’t...
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On August 24, my older granddaughter Veronica turns 11. While she is rapidly turning into a real young lady, she is still as sweet and kind as ever. I don’t think that’ll ever change....
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16 years today we closed the door at 56 Pennington, Georgetown in a rainstorm. We ate fish and chips in Port Perry, slept at the Nite Owl motel in Peterborough (don’t ask.) The next...
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My nine-year-old Acer Veriton desktop has sadly reached its end of life as far as Microsoft Windows is concerned. Intel is no longer supporting Windows 10 with its second-generation Sandy Bridge CPU. No amount...
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I have been using some form of Microsoft Windows at home for thirty years. I have been using it to surf the Internet for at least 25 years. During a good deal of that...
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Linux is different from Windows in that you can choose the look and feel of your desktop. So lately I have been playing around with a dinosaur window manager called Window Maker. Let me...
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It doesn’t seem all that long ago when computers and software were changing so rapidly that one was forced to buy a new machine every 3-4 years. The operating system changed. You needed a...
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We came to Almonte for the first time in our lives on February 26, 2005. We had intended to look for a home in Carleton Place or maybe a condo. But when we saw...