A Backward Look Forward
Typewriters are storytellers. “If only the walls could talk,” I think as I walk by a Vancouver heritage house that has been meticulously and lovingly returned to its vintage state. … Continue reading What I Learned Today: January 7, 1714 Henry Mill & the Typewriter
Happy New Year! Mary Jo Malo inspired me today to remember the words of Robert Burns in his poem Auld Lang Syne. Every New Year celebration, we join others across … Continue reading Celebrating New Year 2021 with Robert Burns
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow … Continue reading I Heard the Bells
What I learned today is a new series on Clanmother.com. The idea came out of these past months of living during the Covid19 pandemic. Our travel plans were curtailed and … Continue reading What I Learned today: November 23, 1644 Areopagitica
Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. In reality, these words do not fully encompass the emotional value of our profound need for kindness. Whether … Continue reading Celebrating World Kindness Day 2020
This year, on November 11, 2020, Remembrance Day in Vancouver was held virtually. Instead of the 20,000 people gathered at the cenotaph at Vancouver’s Victory Square, the ceremony was limited … Continue reading Victory Square 2020: We Will Remember
I am always amazed by serendipity. Two thoughts came together for me today at approximately the same time. The first was when I was rummaging through my photo archives to … Continue reading Teatime at Hull Minster
