Category Archives: personal

Our Gang – October 14, 1978

Posted on July 19, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Toronto, Ontario, Canada In 1978, we lived in St. Catharines, Ontario. On a whim, we went to Toronto and stayed at the King Edward Hotel for the weekend. We went to a play: The Incredible Murder of Cardinal Tosca – … Continue reading →

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Last Night’s Dream: Mixed Messages

Posted on July 18, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Memory (Snow) Bank Before I moved to England in 1985, I had a dream which seemed significant at the time. The one image that recurred in last night’s dream involved my assisting a woman who’s car was stuck in snow. … Continue reading →

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My Mother (Redux)

Posted on June 26, 2018 by cdsmiller17

I travelled to Montreal last week to view a collection of “Billy” Stewart memorabilia in the Concordia University Vanier Library. One of the files was labelled “E.V. Stewart Photographs [1940s]”. My hope was that there might be a photo of … Continue reading →

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Canadian Wilderness

Posted on June 18, 2018 by cdsmiller17

   

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Two Mesmerizing Videos

Posted on June 5, 2018 by cdsmiller17

 

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Buddha’s in the Eye of the Beholder

Posted on June 3, 2018 by cdsmiller17
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Robin’s Nest?

Posted on June 2, 2018 by cdsmiller17
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Abbey and Vancy

Posted on May 31, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Last Night’s Dream I don’t normally dream about cats these days. I guess that’s mainly because my life is taken up by dogs and their routines. So this one came to me from out of the blue. In this huge … Continue reading →

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I’m an Anglophile from “Way Back When”

Posted on May 30, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Roy of the Rovers Our Uncle Keith went to England with his family in 1960. He was working for Macmillan Publishers. That didn’t affect me, as a ten-year-old, until he started to send presents back home to me, the first … Continue reading →

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DNA: It’s All Relative

Posted on May 29, 2018 by cdsmiller17

ancestryDNA When I heard that my sister, Anne, was contemplating having her DNA tested, I started to consider doing the same. The main reason for doing so was to discover who our maternal grandfather is. As my three sisters and … Continue reading →

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