The Waters

With Father’s Day just past us, I’ve been thinking about my Dad, and his Dad. I’m the third-generation male Waters to live in Canada. Before that, they were all in the UK, seemingly coming from the area now known as Chatham, but from one of the towns that now make up that city, the town…

And she danced

We gathered at Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Saturday to celebrate Freda’s life and to place Richard’s and her urns in the crypt. It was a lovely day, and Belinda had everything so well organized – no surprise there. It was a delight to see Joyce and Ray, who looked after me so well when I…

Kearney Missouri

We have stayed in Kearney before, just on the edge of Kansas City, it is a hub for hotels, restaurants and shopping nearby in Liberty, but the hotel prices are just a bit kinder. We stayed in a lovely hotel though not as nice as Branson and the Lodge of the Ozarks! Kearney is famous…