Dick Francis: A racing life
The back cover of Dick Francis: A Racing Life, a biography by Graham Lord, calls it “warm, affectionate, yet sharp and perceptive.” I usually read the jacket information before starting a book. …
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Feb 26/12)
Breeding Pairs Tracy told Steve she was contemplating an abortion because she couldn’t handle one baby, let alone twins, on her own. “You’ll find someone,” he tried to console her.…
Newfoundland Mi’kmaq Books
The telling of a place often is told through the people who make up the place. Conversely, the telling of a family can be told through the place they lived.…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Feb. 19/12)
Sisterhood If I’d laid a bet on how long Carla would cope with Maria as helpmeet, I’d have lost. Carla lasted longer than I’d expected. But, even so, it wasn’t…
Ocean Ranger 30
Thirty years ago the Ocean Ranger drill rig sank off the coast of Newfoundland. The entire crew, 84 men, drowned. During the early hours of February 15th, in a bad…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Feb. 12/12)
I saw my scene Tuesday and wrote about it then. Friday put my impressions in a different perspective. So here’s both, about Carla, with my observations on Friday first. Playing…
Mabee Graves
These are the gravestones of Nancy Mabee Ostrander and her family at Jackson Cemetery near Courtland, Ontario. Len Fluhrer, a London local history writer, sent me the photos. He took…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Feb. 5/12)
Nightmare on Coronation Street Monday and Tuesday – great writing, acting, story and character development. Hard to pick one scene but that’s the task I have set myself. So, Audrey…
A Tale of the Sea etc.
In January 1883, a dory was lost at sea off the south coast of Newfoundland. On it were Howard Blackburn and Tommy Welsh. They became separated from their schooner in…
A Tale of the Sea
The Newfoundland Quarterly Vol. XII-No. 3 DECEMBER, 1912 40 cents per year Howard Blackburn and Thomas Welch - A Tale of the Sea By The Right Hon. Sir Edward Morris,…