I know little about The Royal Marines. My paternal grandfather is my only connection to this group, though he never was a member of them (that I am aware of). He lived in Gillingham, now part of Chatham UK, and was the home of Marine barracks. I recently found on Twitter Clive Holden who is…
Tag: history
The value of friendship
Today allowed a wonderful reconnection with my friend Doug. Now I noticed I have many friends named Doug. Don’t think it was deliberate, but it is what it is. At any rate, today Doug and I had a lengthy coffee/brunch together. Doug to me to the very trendy Westboro area of Ottawa. Our destination was…
Travel by train
Like we hop on planes these days – or we did before the pandemic – there was a time not so long ago that train travel was the rule not the exception. Train travel remains rather expensive if you’re going on a long journey. The cost reversal reminds me of the truth that once upon…
Hybrid Thoughts 