The Maple Leaf, Forever
On our way to Vimy Ridge, we passed through villages, with Canadian flags decorating their buildings. One village in particular, Givenchy-en-Gohelle, was rife with red and white.
I am the Master of my Fate
I had the privilege of going to one of the first days of the Invictus games in Toronto a few years back. I watched the competitors file out onto the field, some with their companion animals, some with prostheses, some with damage internal. It occurred to me that every competitor was there because of a […]
Festival of Lights!
Happy Diwali, Friends! Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, a 5 day festival peaking on the darkest night between mid-October and mid-November. It’s one of those wandering holidays, based on lunar calendars, like Easter and Yom Kippur. The new moon happens today, which makes it the darkest day. A few years ago, Diwali fell […]
The Last Post Ceremonies
Last Post by Robert Graves The bugler sent a call of high romance— Lights out! Lights out!” to the deserted square. On the thin brazen notes he threw a prayer: God, if it’s this for me next time in France, O spare the phantom bugle as I lie Dead in the gas and smoke and […]
Raising the Poppy Flag
Yesterday marked the beginning of the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Campaign in Cambridge. Raise your hands – who knew that? Anyone? Anyone? Beuller? I know about it because I still sometimes get waylaid emails for the cadets, now that I’m not the chairperson anymore. There wasn’t any announcement in the Cambridge Times. Nothing on any of […]
What makes you remember?
Two years, the Remembrance project was born. Once again, for the next fortnight, I’mma reflect on what it means to remember.
Thursday Throwdown: The Moon
OK. Since child was a babe-in-arms (and he’s over 6 feet tall now, so that was many moons ago. Ha! See what I did there? Just wait, it gets even better!) Yeah, since child was a babe-in-arms, I’ve taken him to the One of a Kind craft shows in Toronto. One year, when he was […]
