Dunkirk, Normandy and The Brave
My mother was a keeper of personal old photographs. I took a few of those to be framed. One was of her as a melancholy orphan in the 1930’s and another was of her looking pretty and confident in her…
Border Guards and Listening
My British cousin and his wife were visiting us in September. We were on the way to Fort Erie and were approaching the town. I turned on the Garmin. The disembodied voice told me to turn in 300 yards onto…
War Museum, T34 and John Belushi
Emily and I in early January drove to Kingston and then up to Ottawa. I wanted to tour the War Museum and revisit the armoured vehicle basement room. The room holds 50 vehicles or more, including a German Panther tank…
Kingston, War Museum and Longwoods
Emily and I took a few days off and spent some time in Kingston and Ottawa, neither of us had visited Kingston. It has a beautiful downtown and harbour. We toured Fort Henry and we were both surprised and impressed…
Mailing Lists, Hard Drives and Maximizer
A number of years ago my friend John recommended I purchase a stock called Maximizer. Here in lies the lesson, don't buy stock your friend recommends and don't listen to him while at an Oldtimer Hockey Tournament in Niagara Falls.…