West Jet buys dinner and a hotel

I’ll just be gone one night I had said to Wendy. We fly to Fort Mac in the late afternoon and will be back the next night. Little did I know that West Jet had other plans. I don’t begin to understand how airlines work. I know they have to coordinate the right plane with…

The Ratcliffe family

My first meeting with the Ratcliffe family was Christmas 1974 in St. John’s NL. My parents had moved that year to the island and I was visiting. We went to their home where I met Bill and Marion and their three kids, Wilf, Barb and Carolyn. They had just come home from serving in Pakistan,…

A carpenter I am not

I was at KMS Tools this week with Philip. I’m fascinated by the tools, some huge and powerful. The drill presses, the table saws, the dust collector systems, the hydraulics, the dozens of kinds of hand tools, I am fascinated by them. I wish I knew more about carpentry, and how to use the tools…