#Netherlands75

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and V-E Day. The Government of Canada was supposed to be sending an official delegation that included Second World War veteran and Calgary Highlander George A. Morasch to the Netherlands. Unfortunately, because of COVID-19, the commemorative ceremonies planned this week have been postponed. I wrote about George A. …

This story has legs

Who doesn’t like a mystery? Today, I have two to solve. One is modern while the other is more than one hundred years old. Both come with people to seek and stories to unravel. They also both come in boxes. The first mystery is in a metre-long heavy cardboard box. When my husband and I moved to Edmonton in September, …

The Forgotten War

Nicknamed the Forgotten War, the Canadian participation in the Korean War is overshadowed by our efforts in the First and Second World Wars. I barely knew about the Korean War when I was in secondary school. My only connection to it was the names of the men who fought in that conflict being called out at every Remembrance Day ceremony …

Remembering our veterans

I’m wary of writing about my memoir writing participants from the Drop-In Centre because they are like you and me. Except these people have been hit a little harder by life and need a helping hand. I’m writing about them now because my writers last week wrote about Remembrance Day and I wanted to share their outlook on the day. …

Mum’s not just a mum

I don’t have a first memory of my mother. She’s always been there: picking me up, carrying me, holding my hand and teaching me about life. For the past few months, I’ve been collecting my mother’s stories. Now I’m learning about her life. You’d think that I’d already know a lot about my mother. Of course I do. She told …