Our six-year-old granddaughter, Kylee Glavine, lives in Calgary and has never been exposed to a woodstove. While she was visiting at Christmas time, she was infatuated by the glass in the door of the stove and she would watch the flames flickering. One day the flames had died down, and Kylee went running to her…
Simon is a rare and dignified cat. He has my husband and I in his grasp to do his bidding and pushes us around whenever he chooses. He is Tonkinese, has had a stroke, lost all his teeth, blind in his right eye, but has a strikingly blue left eye. He loves to dine by…
‘John’s Apple Arithmetic’ When my son John started Grade two, he hit a major stumbling block. For some inexplicable reason he just could not grasp the addition and subtraction that the class was now learning. All of them seemed to be moving on and John was stuck. A lack of attention on his part, I…
I can recall with clarity, and a smile, when Father acquired an electric razor. Father shaved every morning. Being a 24-hour working policeman demanded he be well-groomed. His work and self-discipline justified this routine. They were “Mom and Dad,” and we were the “children,” not “kids,” showing the respect they felt we deserved. This allows…
“Excuse me Sir, but what is a …..?” The airport in Gander, Newfoundland, is a busy place. Of course it is not as busy now as it was in the days when jet planes had to stop to refuel before heading out over the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. But if you visit Gander and stay…
“Excuse me Sir, but what is a …..?” The airport in Gander, Newfoundland, is a busy place. Of course it is not as busy now as it was in the days when jet planes had to stop to refuel before heading out over the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. But if you visit Gander and stay…
Both of our children were born and raised in Nova Scotia, with a strong Newfoundland and Labrador heritage. As Nova Scotians they feel they really missing out if they don’t get their trip to the ‘Sugar Bush’ when the maple trees are being tapped in March. Usually with the cold nights and warmer days the…
Kylee Glavine is my six year old granddaughter and is a bundle of energy. Here she is trying the skating routine of stopping , but she has not realized how fast she actually was skating. Very interesting landing indeed. Kylee is the granddaughter of Bonnie and Joe Lowe of Shoal Harbour, NL and Pat and…
Kylee Glavine, our little six year old granddaughter was home for a visit at Christmas in 2006. Visits of a week or ten days seem to be the way it is for so many of us Baby Boomer Grandparents these days. Before Kylee left she had a few special moments with Poppy who was lost…
First when I returned to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2000, I would worry myself sick over the welfare of our geese who stay here for winter. But obviously they like it here, have been doing this for years and years, and on this particular day my husband, A.J.Lowe captured this shot of them lingering along…
