{"id":4072,"date":"2022-05-03T23:48:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T03:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=4072"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:33:45","slug":"bacon-scrapins-musings-pondering-tales-from-wilmot-township-ontario","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/?page_id=4072","title":{"rendered":"Bacon Scrapins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Bacon Scrapins<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Bacon Scrapins<\/em><\/strong> are the little bits of meat left in the greasy fry pan. They\u2019re tasty, but the \u2018nutrition\u2019 sometimes needs searching for. These tales are\u00a0bacon scrapins.<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

Many of these tales were previously published in a local newspaper\u00a0<\/em>and are the personal views of the webmaster – as of the time they were written.<\/h4>\n
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  1. \u201c<\/span><\/b>A Stop Sign Chat\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. “Faces in the Food Court<\/a>“<\/li>\n
  3. “More Water Under the Bridge”<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. “It Costs a Lot to Care”<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. “We Need More Family Doctors”<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. \u00a0“Gentle Breezes”<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. “Balcony or Patio?”<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. “A Shopping Bonus”<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. “Guano”<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. “Stuff We Value”<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. \u00a0“We’re getting closer little girl…”<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. “Altruistic Volunteers” – Canada Day<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. “All the words?”<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. “Sopping Summer Souvenirs”<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. “Sneak in and slip out stealthily”<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. “. . . history is where we came from . . .”<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. “Rhythmic Swinging”<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. “Horse Pucks and Cow Patties”<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. “Mrs. Eby”<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. “One noise-free day per week, please?”<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. “It’s Just What Ants Do!”<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. \u00a0“The Wedding Ceremony”<\/a> – A Fairy Tale<\/li>\n
  23. “How d’ya get out more, and more out?”<\/a><\/li>\n
  24. “The big, the small, and the piddly”<\/a><\/li>\n
  25. “Behalte mich in Erinnerung”<\/a> – Sgt. Hubert Ditner \/ Remembrance Day, 2022<\/li>\n
  26. “Golden Doodle”<\/a> – getting along on the playground<\/li>\n
  27. “Somnolent Sunset”<\/a> – dozing in the gloaming<\/li>\n
  28. “Patience”<\/a> – long lines for gas<\/li>\n
  29. \n
  30. “Christmas Music – Sacred, Secular, Novelty”<\/a> – my starter lists<\/li>\n
  31. “I Count as One”<\/a> – what might others think of us?<\/li>\n
  32. “When is enough too much?”<\/a> – MCC New Hamburg appreciates your sharing<\/li>\n
  33. “Gettin’ a Good Mudder’s Murder”<\/a><\/li>\n
  34. “Carpe – 1”<\/a> – the darkness of homelessness<\/li>\n
  35. “Knock, knock”<\/a> – the unmarked<\/li>\n
  36. “Carpe – 2” – the darkness of homelessness cont’d.<\/li>\n
  37. “That Grounded Feeling”<\/a> –<\/li>\n
  38. “Carpe – 3” – the darkness of homelessness cont’d.<\/li>\n
  39. “Don’t mess with my routines!”<\/a><\/li>\n
  40. “Carpe 4” – the darkness of homelessness cont’d.<\/li>\n
  41. “What to do about an itch!”<\/a><\/li>\n
  42. “Carpe 5” – the darkness of homelessness cont’d.<\/li>\n
  43. “More Doctors, Police, or Undertakers?”<\/a><\/li>\n
  44. “Carpe 6” – the darkness of homelessness cont’d<\/li>\n
  45. “It’s Just Common Sense”<\/a><\/li>\n
  46. “Carpe 7” – the darkness of homelessness cont’d.<\/li>\n
  47. “Everyone’s a Philosopher”<\/a><\/li>\n
  48. “Carpe 8” – the darkness of homelessness cont’d.<\/li>\n
  49. “Do You Believe in Magic?”<\/a><\/li>\n
  50. “Carpe 9” – the darkness of homelessness cont’d.<\/li>\n
  51. “Naming Stuff”<\/a><\/li>\n
  52. “Monetized!”<\/a><\/li>\n
  53. “Where did you \/ I put it?”<\/a> – aging memories<\/li>\n
  54. “Where did talking, thinking and listening go?”<\/a> – social regulations needed<\/li>\n
  55. “Mound People”<\/a> – signs of our ‘advanced’ cultures<\/li>\n
  56. “Boxed In<\/a>” – book stores and no paper shopping bags<\/li>\n
  57. “Oh my! Oh my! Oh my!<\/a>” – waiting at the post office<\/li>\n
  58. “Blissburg<\/a>” – a parable about how a CAO can take over a municipality’s powers<\/li>\n
  59. “‘Twas the Week Before Christmas<\/a>” in Castle Kilbride – season’s greetings to Wilmot staff<\/li>\n
  60. “Here’s To Suds In Your Eyes<\/a>” – a question of character<\/li>\n
  61. “It’s My Party and You’ll Cry If I Want You to”<\/a> – by-standers can cooperate against a bully<\/li>\n
  62. “A Strong Mayor’s Budget Bus<\/a>” – a parable of the route taken to create a budget<\/li>\n
  63. “The Carnivale Barker’s Shell Game<\/a>” – a parable of public consultation<\/li>\n
  64. “Wilmot Councillors’ Buzzword<\/a>” – an editorial re. “Transparency!”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Bacon Scrapins Bacon Scrapins are the little bits of meat left in the greasy fry pan. They\u2019re tasty, but the \u2018nutrition\u2019 sometimes needs searching for. These tales are\u00a0bacon scrapins. Many of these tales were previously published in a local newspaper\u00a0and are the personal views of the webmaster – as of the time they were written. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4072","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4072"}],"version-history":[{"count":99,"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6612,"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4072\/revisions\/6612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisiswilmot.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}