Snowball

Snowball

Jan 19, 2013

Here it is January 19th and in a week the “Snowball” is upon us again. And I just don’t get it: there are still seats available! Amazing! The Snowball is an annual international dance competition held here in Vancouver. Dancers from all over the...
Memories of Years Past

Memories of Years Past

Jan 15, 2013

My dad was in the RCAF during the Second War. He was an instructor with the Commonwealth Air Training Plan here in Canada and was then posted overseas near the end of 1942. I have a journal he kept during his years at war as well as the log books he and his...
My First Camera

My First Camera

Jul 15, 2012

I dimly remember an old black box camera in the house when I was very young. That would be in the late 1940’s. I remember playing with it. The shutter was tripped by a little piece of metal sticking out the side at the front. Fixed focus, roll film, no aperture...