Tag Archives: childhood memories
Abandonment: In My Life
When I feel all alone… Of all the pictures that Google presented to me, when I searched for a provocative image of ‘abandonment’, this is the one that resonated. It hearkens back to my childhood of feeling like the outsider. … Continue reading
Canadian Keswick Conference
Ferndale (near Port Carling), Ontario This vacation spot no longer exists. I’m not sure why. I tried finding the exact location a couple of years ago, but I believe the spot is now private property. CKC, as our Mom noted … Continue reading
Thanksgiving in Canada
The Second Monday of October Canadian Thanksgiving is a harvest festival. By the beginning of October, most of the summer crops have been gathered up and put by for the winter. The weather turns colder and everyone anticipates the coming … Continue reading
The Moment I Realized…
Adults Don’t See the Same Things Children Do In the mid-50’s we had a 1951 Chevy. These days I’m not sure which model it was (it looked like the picture above), but we had it from 1955-1960. Then something went … Continue reading
My First (and Only) Bicycle
The Summer of ’62 In this picture, we had just moved from Windermere to Dalston. In the previous couple of years I had been given this old bike. The wheel size was 28″. Most normal bikes had 26″ wheels. It … Continue reading
I’m an Anglophile from “Way Back When”
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
