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50s dentistry definitely not painless
Shortly before I reached my fifth birthday, my mother told me the time had come for me to meet someone who would play an important, ongoing role in my life – our family dentist. Dr. Carman Slack’s office was located above the old Bank of Nova Scotia, which would later be demolished to make way […]
Furby McFluff debuts in leading dog magazine
Mr. McFluff has led an interesting life. I went to the Quinte Humane Society to adopt what I thought was a Chow cross. When I realized that Furby was definitely an un-Chow, I decided to rescue him anyway. Since coming to live with us four years ago, he has received Canadian Kennel Club Canine Good […]
Time to clean less, and live more
Each spring, soon after the arrival of the first robin, my mother was seized by an overwhelming compulsion to tidy the family nest. Spring cleaning was a ritual that had been closely observed by three generations of her family. From the time when her great grandmother, Mary Johnson Cross, industriously swept the dirt floor of […]
Gone are the days of house calls
In my childhood days, the family physician was a trusted friend who made house calls. The late Dr. J.H. Walmsley was to become the first person I would meet, following my delivery at the old Picton Hospital on Hill Street, on a fall day in the 1940’s. While I took away no memories from our […]
Older sister had a passion for fashion
When I was a small child, my older sister, Mary, seemed like a fairytale princess to me. When I was a youngster of seven, she was a sophisticated young woman of 19, employed in the Picton business office of Bell Canada. She left for work each morning, smartly attired and impeccably groomed. Born to shop, […]
Hats off to the Easter Bonnet
countylive.ca is delighted to welcome Margaret Haylock-Capon to our family of bloggers. Maggie Haylock is a freelance writer and former newspaper reporter who has co-authored several books with her husband, Alan Capon. They reside in Prince Edward County and plan to contribute weekly blogs. The demise of the Easter bonnet became evident, during the late […]
