Monthly Archives: April 2012

Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

This picture arrived in my email inbox from Victoria, B.C. on one of those dreadful when-will-spring-arrive mornings. For a minute or so after it landed, I brooded no longer. I imagined drifting with the deer on ocean air among the … Continue reading →

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To Min love Lucy

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Postcard to Miss M. Judd, 2 Clifton Road, Folkstone. August 5, 1914:  Dear Min. I am so glad you are having a nice time. Isn’t the war dreadful? My brother and his chum have volunteered for the front, starting this … Continue reading →

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Madeleine Parent and me

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Madeleine Parent worked down the hall from me at the Confederation of Canadian Union (CCU) office in Toronto. It was 1981. I was 22 and Madeleine was 63. I was as intimidated by her as I was of everyone else … Continue reading →

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