The year was 1954. The day was Nov. 27. We were married in a simple, but beautiful, ceremony in upstate New York. The brilliant colours of fall had given way to winter and we spent our honeymoon at nearby Lake Placid in the Adirondack Mountains. Then we moved to the […]
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said to unto […]
Dear editor: I am writing to you as a way of thanking the people of Fort Frances for their overwhelming kindness, and to update them on the progress my son, William Moody Jr., is making. William was born Nov. 29, 1993 with spina-bifida. To date, he has had 32 surgeries, […]
Dear sir: About two years ago, California decided to privatize its electric power system. They did not make sure there was enough cheap power available and when a hot spell of weather arrived, they could not operate all the air conditioning and power blackouts were commonplace. Finally, they bought power […]
Hello, this is “Rapid Robert,” the old guy with the plaid tam, writing again after a long dry spell. People give me trouble if I don’t write occasionally. My subject this time around is about the Emo hospital, “Care Close to Home,” the doctors who treat the patients, and the […]
Her beautiful warmth that drew many closer to her dimmed, flickered, and went out late in the evening of Dec. 12, 2001. Gladys Anderson entered a new bright dawn. She was born Bertha Gladys McLeod on Sept. 2, 1904 in La Vallee, Ont. On Sept. 20, 1936, she married Willis […]
