The beginning of a new year is a good time to reflect on accomplishments and look forward to the next step—the next contest season and a speech for the International speech contest particularly. As I prepare to take a next … Continue reading →
Yesterday I chose my own topic, to commemorate someone I knew. Today I’m going back to the WordPress Daily Prompt, The Early Years: Write page three of your autobiography. Photo: My one-room school was converted to apartments by the time I … Continue reading →
The Christmas tree is just one thing I love about Christmas. The tree can be tall and stately outdoors, the right size for your living room, or even a tiny tree with a few ornaments to bring some décor … Continue reading →
The students who went to Ecuador volunteered their time and energy to help children in Ecuador. While they were there, the youth volunteers also had the opportunity of a trip to the Amazon, which Alex was looking forward to, except … Continue reading →
In April 1995, news broke in Canadian newspapers of the death of a child labourer, Iqbal Masih, in Pakistan. The news so moved twelve-year-old Craig Kielburger, a student in Richmond Hill, Ontario, that he stepped into social justice action that … Continue reading →
Recently, my husband and I took a few days off for a get-away. We marked our place on the map, made some calls and a reservation for a Bed and Breakfast. I might mention that we’d had two family weddings … Continue reading →
A short walk down the street from the manse [Part I] in Leaskdale is the historic church, one of the parishes that called Ewan Macdonald to Ontario—St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church. In … Continue reading →
When Ewan Macdonald, a newly ordained Presbyterian minister, came to Ontario in 1911 from Prince Edward Island, it would have been quite a change in place for both Ewan and his wife Maud, L.M. Montgomery, the up and coming author. … Continue reading →
If you mean a real story about fish or fishing, that`s correct. We were camping this week at Bass Lake Provincial Park near Orillia, Ontario. It`s open season for fishing there now and our son-in-law is among avid fisher folk … Continue reading →
Walters Family Dinner Theatre, near Bright, Ontario. Home of a family of musical family A converted barn serves as a theatre, with attractive … Continue reading →
