- by Dennis Thompsett
Murder alley. What a great name. Sounds like the name of a gritty, hardboiled detective novel.
But yes. It did exist in Owen Sound. Still does, in fact. My my two step uncles were born there in the 1920s so the name must've been around for much longer than 100 years. ...
On the hot dry days a week ago, a single leaf would let go and waft slowly to the ground dotting the green grass with yellow or red. The few times a breeze blew, a drizzle of leaves would be carried down, giving the impression of a quilt pattern on a green background. Most still held to the trees, scarlet sumac and yellow ash, red maple ...
- by Dennis Thompsett
Really? A stone beach is comfortable? You wouldn't think so, but it is. Lord. It is.
As an Owen Sound kid I was very familiar with warm sand beaches. Sauble, Port Elgin ( Exotic vacations), Leith and the little sandy beach at the bottom of The Long Stairs. My first stone beach was at Presqu'ile Rotary Camp.
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