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Ten years years ago, my then wife and I embarked on a world tour. We literally left Toronto flying east and didn’t stop until we bumped into Toronto again. The circumnavigation of the world took nine months and more than forty-two thousand kilometres of travel. During the trip, I saw many things that inspired awe …Read More!… The Gates of Hell          On June 6, 1944, five beach heads were breached in Normandy, France against a German defence system that knew the invasion was coming. It was the beginning of the end for Hitler’s regime. Two of those beach heads were American: Omaha and Utah beaches. Two were British: Sword and Gold beaches. The fifth beach was …Read More!… Juno Remembered “In those few minutes I witnessed the birth of a nation.” Brigadier-General A.E. Ross April 9-12, 1917 World War One In 1917, the four Canadian divisions attacked a single target for the first time in the country’s history; Vimy Ridge. It was indeed the veritable birth of a nation. It was the first time …Read More!… Birth of a Nation The cell phone dinged. I was in a meeting the other day when a cell phone went off; it was some incomprehensible intonation of Beethoven’s fifth, Jingle Bells or a variant of a mystical, burbling, computer generated cat in heat; it was hard to tell. A following announcement was made to …Read More!… George Orwell is Alive and Well I haven’t written in a while; partly due to a lack of something intelligent to say (my opinion) and partly because there are changes happening in the world of Ed. There are the physical changes certainly. I flipped the switch on the first digit of my age a few days ago. …Read More!… Graffiti on Trains So, I’m planning how I would like to celebrate my fiftieth birthday. It’s coming up soon and it’s also close to Spring. In order to make it unique, I thought I might combine my birthday and add some ideas about celebrating the Vernal Equinox. I Googled. A particular website …Read More!… Flour for Algernon? I was reading a post on another blog about criticism, contributions and courage. It’s easy to criticise others. Hell… our society has been built on the premise that we have to strive for perfection. We don’t allow others to be imperfect and, in the end, don’t accept our own imperfections. Everywhere …Read More!… Contribution Heroes Edward is a bit “out there” again. I awoke early… or late… Monday night to see the red moon. I didn’t set my alarm clock or set my Ranger Rick watch to beep. I simply awoke. It was the beginning… and the end. I’ve stared at the …Read More!… Solstice I braved the freezing, wintry wind biting into my exposed skin like sheets of needles to attend the theatre this past Sunday. The movie playing was Nowhere Boy, the story of young John Lennon’s life. During the movie, I connected with the young John… deeper than I expected. As the film …Read More!… Imagine I placed a wreath and bowed my head. For the past four years I have participated in laying of wreaths at the cenotaph in my town. Plenty of dignitaries were there; incoming and outgoing city officials, our local member of parliament and community organization leaders. We all gathered for …Read More!… Re-Member |
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