Last year when we were traveling in the mid-west we stumbled across the burial site of Jesse James – you can read that here. So this year when we were in Pennsylvania I thought it would be fun to visit one of their cemeteries. This old cemetery has some fascinating stones – some too old…
Tag: history
The Royal Marines
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…
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…
