Friday, December 5, 2025

Elizabeth Hearn Milner

A Christmas Poem 2018 by Elizabeth Hearn Milner

A Christmas Poem 2018 Christmas is coming and my thoughts to Scrooge stray.He's a much maligned fellow whom we should praise to-day.I see that you...

John W. Bowser, More About an Auroran Linked to the Empire State Building

John W. Bowser, an Auroran linked to the Empire State Building. I thought perhaps it was time to return to some of the places...

Town of Aurora Ontario in Pictures Almost Six Years Ago, 2012

Perhaps the inspiration to blog more again is emerging from having enough memories to share about the changes I have witnessed in Aurora from...

A Christmas Poem 2017 by Elizabeth Hearn Milner

Christmas Eve Past by Elizabeth Hearn Milner I remember Christmas eve with snow and the glow of my parent’s house.I remember skiing the golf...

A Christmas Poem 2016 by Elizabeth Hearn Milner

Christmas is coming and what can I write? I'm upset by the news both in daytime and night.Each Christmas I write down a poem with...

A Christmas Poem 2015 by Elizabeth Hearn Milner

It would shortly be Christmas and all through the dayI was thinking and wondering what I should say.The world was so different; it was...

A Christmas Poem 2014 by Elizabeth Hearn Milner

Christmas comes and then it’s gone,We light some candles sing some songs.And add our hopes for peace on earth -For food for all and...

Christmas Wish Poem 2013 by Elizabeth Hearn Milner

Dear Santa, my Christmas Wish: I know you’re very busy and you have a lot to do, but I havesome special Christmas wishes and I...

UNFILTERED

When “Transition” Becomes a Breakdown

All the headlines shouted, “Transition! We’re moving to producer responsibility!” But what does transition really mean? It means managing...

The Price of Forgetting

I’m going to be blunt—no filters, no fluff. We, the taxpayers, fund Aurora’s grand municipal “visions” with our taxes,...

Reclaiming the Conversation

I’ve long focused my writing on the community I live in, viewing it through a political lens. Over time,...

$25,000 to Say the Obvious: Aurora’s Council Compensation Review, Again

Council compensation is back in the spotlight in Aurora, set for discussion at the Committee of the Whole meeting...

Aurora Needs to Revisit Transitional Housing for Men

Perhaps Aurora can take inspiration from Newmarket and consider reopening the transitional housing for men project on a property...

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