For some time now I’ve been listening to my iPod each night as I drift off to sleep. Some nights I don’t hear much – other nights I will listen for half an hour…and some nights I find myself awake in early morning. I’ve been turnign more frequently to a podcast sponsored by How Stuff…
Tag: history
Upper Canada – 1st Parliament
We were in Niagara-on-the-Lake over the long weekend and I spied this concrete plaque on the side of the Parliament Oak School, so named for the event which took place here in 1793. So I thought it would be interesting to see what I could find out about parliament in 1793 for Upper Canada. It…
Happy Birthday William
On this day in 1829 William Booth was born in Nottingham, England. Despite the rumours begun by our children, I was not in attendance at his first birthday party in 1830. However, 100 years later my Dad was born in 1930….that’s as close as I get. So a salute to General William, you can read…
Hybrid Thoughts 