An Up and Down Story
Getting dressed in the morning will likely mean encountering one of the most baffling devices ever invented and produced — the zipper. Read more...
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Telling it Like it Was
Ask retired high school teacher Julia Turner what her favourite subject is and she will undoubtedly say “History.” This history, however, isn’t a high school subject but the recounting of her illustrious Irish family. Read more...
Sun Myths - know the facts
Think you're a sun safety expert? You'd be surprised at the myth busters we have here. Read more...
Old Town. Young Heart.
Dirty Dan Harris founded Fairhaven, Washington with visions of the Great Northern Railway terminus dancing in his head. His dream never materialized but we are thankful for his foresight and historic Fairhaven village that over looks beautiful Bellingham Bay. Read more...
Golden Getaway in the Cariboo
We're visiting Scout Island, the nature sanctuary near the town of Williams Lake, a favourite haunt for many bird species, including hummingbirds, wood ducks, ospreys, yellow-headed blackbirds, flycatchers, woodpeckers, yellow warblers and blue herons. Read more...
A Town Lost in Time
Port Townsend is a town caught in a time warp. As I drive off the ferry from Whidbey Island, I feel as though I'm taking a giant step back into the past. Read more...
I Remember the Kahloke
On a sunny July day in 1953, playing on the sandy beach at Departure Bay, I saw an odd-shaped vessel out towards Brechin Point. It looked like a long-house trailer with a funnel on top. I thought it might be the Black Ball ferry that everybody had been talking about. It was to service the newly created run between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. Read more...
A Right Royal Do
With all the fanfare of another royal event upon us, it got me thinking that many Canadians, especially those of us in the farthest outpost of the Empire, have accumulated much with a "royal" connection. Read more...
Bygone Treasures: It Started with a Book
Mark Twain said, "There are people who accomplish things and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded." In my case, I blame it all on a book. Read more...
Threads of Life
Weaving is believed to be one of the first crafts practised by humans and, while no one knows exactly when people started to weave, woven fabrics that date back more than 9,000 years have been authenticated. Read more...
Preserving and Conserving Palau
Sharks! Hammerhead, white-tip, grey reef, oh my! Although the purpose of my trip to Palau, a pristine archipelago that peppers the western corner of Micronesia Read more...
Eye of the Needle
Downsizing can mean sorting through a lifetime of memories - and clutter. Read more...
First-degree Burns
A new world-class museum opens at the birthplace of Scotland's hottest poetic property Read more...
Bygone Treasures: The Change in your Dresser Drawer
Almost everyone has a jar, a tin can or a box filled with old coins and other bits and pieces, untouched for years and virtually forgotten. Go dig out yours and let's look! Start by separating out the buttons, paper clips and the souvenir swizzle stick from that wild night you had at Morty's Supper Club in 1962. Then set aside cufflinks, Read more...
War and Friendship
A piece of native art that Garett Ollander inherited from his uncle is destined for a new home. Where the valuable piece will be displayed is still unknown, but it will surely benefit students, historians and lovers of West Coast art. Read more...
My Fondest Christmas Memories
Each year, the Christmastime rituals of my childhood started when Dad, the responsible "father-knows-best" of the 1950s, transformed into the biggest kid on the block. He would start the holiday traditions by piling us into our old Ford and, with a wink of his eye and a nod of his head, we were heading out on our magical Christmas ride. Read more...
A Long Overdue Apology
Is there anything that defines carefree youth better than a kid peddling a bike aimlessly down the street? Read more...
The Birdman of Victoria: The Tale of William Wallace Gibson
Catcalls followed him whenever he walked the streets of Victoria. People would flap their arms and cluck like chickens to ridicule one of the city's most intrepid inventors - William Wallace Gibson. Read more...
Memories
For the older, Christmas is like a giant bouquet of flowers - each memory a separate bloom to remind us of the many different people we have been, and the long journey we have travelled. Read more...
Brick by Brick
Nancy began researching her family history as a hobby in 1993 and, by 1997, had three filing cabinets of information and photographs. Read more...
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