Tinplate Saturdays

Saturday saw a beautiful, sunny, placid day on the beach at Brancaster in Norfolk. The tide was in on our arrival, but it soon receded over ...

Kitchen Room Furniture

Through the years kitchens have evolved from being a small room in the back of the house to being the focal point of the home. To make the ...

Working and Disabiltiy Related Costs

I got my first full-time job in December 2007 and, for the first time in my life, I was able to kiss the Ontario Disability Support program ...

Washington County Update

Friday September 12th Representative Anne Perry convened a meeting in Machias to discuss health disparity issues faced in Washington County...

Let history be our guide: Get ready

History reminds us that there are plenty of good reasons to prepare: smallpox, plague, yellow fever to name a few. The list is long and with...

Chez Moi

As a blogger of ill repute, I am often asked "Mr.Ashley, you have mentioned Ashley Towers on more than one occasion, and wondered if t...

A New Toy

I bought a new toy the other day: a blood glucose meter. I was curious about my post-meal blood glucose after my HbA1c reading came back hi...

Thoughts on personal preparedness: Getting ready for the worst

Today is Get Ready Day , APHA's observance aimed at helping Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all h...

Behind the Pig-Sty

So, while the light fails / On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel / History is now and England. T.S.Eliot wrote these lines in ...