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There's more to life than the Internet guys!  Turn off your computer and enjoy the Simcoe Holiday weekend with family and fr iends.  Tha...

I n a previous post this week I  elaborated on the merits of special needs education in our school systems and it is a perfect segue to a st...

A half dozen posts ago (July 16) I ran a story about Ralph "The Sign Guy" in Southampton and promised to include a photo of him at...

"Children with special needs don't have an illness, so they are not contagious. They want what we all want (and deserve),which is t...

On Saturday, July 24, the community of Dresden held the world's largest-ever tractor parade, setting in the process what is hoped to b...

I recently heard the following story.  I think it is worth passing on to followers of this site.  It substantiates my theory that a child ne...

O kay, I know.  I should get a life! But enough with waxing eloquent on serious subjects of the day...I want to share a story about a mira...

"I've heard some bad things about it...!" For some reason, I have heard the above words expressed in recent weeks more times...

A way back when, I had a baseball mentor cum philosopher who constantly reminded me that "things are not always as they seem".  So...

I subscribe to the Daily Kindness Newsletter which offers forums on spirituality, family matters, general life advice and, of course, kindne...

Jaron And The Long Road To Love - Pray For You (2009 Video & Lyrics)   I don't know if this song qualifies under the "hypo...

The words "hypocrisy" and "hypocrite(s)" have been sprinkled liberally throughout the last two posts on Wrights Lane.  I...

It is very rare that followers of Wrights Lane take me up on my invitation to provide comment.  The previous post  "A Strange Church At...

A Facebook friend of mine and a respected pillar of good old Dresden, indicated recently that he "liked" the unattributed statem...

I have a computer file set aside solely for the purpose of saving ideas and snippets that I may find useful at a later date.  I tend to fo...

Baby bunny having lunch in my back yard, feasting on succulent new grass that I seeded last month...Oh well, anything for nature, I always s...

"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."   Statement attributed to Nelson Mandella and Carr...

I am leaving O Canada up as my lead item this week so that visitors can take a few minutes to reflect on, and enjoy, this wonderful natio...

A MESSAGE 4U JUST SAYING HI...

A s is so often the case with photographs, the above speak volumes.  Two young people happily and momentarily carelessly in love on the bes...

S omething unexpected happens when you lose a large amount of weight...You get to meet old friends.  Old friends in the form of clothing yo...

D id you ever have someone offer to do something really nice for you but you were not in a position to totally accept their kindness?  Well ...

. S ometimes we get so caught up in our everyday existance that we forget the people who make a difference in our life are not necessarily ...

S torytelling is very definitely an art form that is both instinctual and fulfilling.  In fact telling stories and repeating them is part o...

Ken Wright (left) and Eldred Brandon, lifetime friends and members of the Dresden Continuation School Soccer Team, 1914-15. My father, Ke...