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July 27, 2020

The Man Behind the Marathon of Hope: Ron Calhoun

Well here we are 40 years after our Canadian hero, Terry Fox, started his Marathon of Hope across Canada with […]

July 9, 2020

In these new and different times, most of us have needed to use our imagination for things besides dreaming up […]

June 10, 2020

Last Sunday my husband and I decided to drive to a favorite spot just to see if and how the […]

May 13, 2020

Never has there been in my lifetime a point when Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking idea has […]

April 8, 2020

This week, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis all across the world, another of my personal heroes passed away […]

March 11, 2020

Elaine: “Can you hear me?…Jack?…Are you there?” ……… Jack: “Elaine?…We can start now….GO!” Elaine: “Chapter One………On October 15, 1979, Ron […]

February 12, 2020

I hardly know where to start. Tuesday night I spoke at the awesome Beachville Historical Society about the book above. […]

December 10, 2019

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry When I was teaching high school French many years ago, I found […]

November 26, 2019

One of the things about studying history and especially our rather close history is that survivors and children of survivors […]

November 12, 2019

Fulfilling my dreams of becoming an author has made me notice Remembrance Day so much more keenly than ever before. […]