When technology was different

I was thinking today of my days as a kid, at the cottage. The cottage was set on Lake Cebebe on Green Bay. In the early days, there was no electricity, so we lived with a wood stove, a hand pump for water, a fireplace, and oil lamps. We also lived without internet or any…

A day not forgotten

When we walked out onto the Massey Hall platform in June of 1983, I really had no idea what awaited us. Not only did we not know where we would be stationed, but I had no idea what running a corps would mean. And of course, I had not really thought about the fact that…

Happy birthday

Today is Wendy’s birthday. We met when we were 20 and were both trying to get started in the world, working jobs that didn’t pay all that much. Wendy still lived at home and I was boarding with friends. To say we were living on a shoestring is not an exaggeration. We dated for 6…