Here comes spring

With our return to southern Ontario, and especially to the micro-climate of Toronto, I was expecting a rather mild winter.  After 11 years in Alberta, and especially the last 4 in Edmonton the thought of a short and mild winter was a welcome thought. Who would have thought that the winter months would be so…

Montreal for a weekend

The DC watches Wendy get his car ready!  Hospitality is what we experienced on our visit to Montreal.  And it came in so many ways – conversation, food, laughter, prayer, travel and good singing were just a part of it.  While our arrival was a bit delayed due to weather,  we received a warm welcome…

Ottawa Street surprises us

the hood Friday I began to compile some of the data for our family tree.  As I punched in dates of birth, marriage or death I was taken by how much of these family, life, events were associated with Hamilton.  It is where my Grandfather came when he left England, it is where both my…