About St. Patrick Saint Patrick’s Day (Irish: Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa AD 385–461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and is celebrated on 17th of March. It is celebrated by both Catholics and…
Looming impressively on either side of a bridge that serves as a rail overpass which leads to Crab Park on Vancouver’s waterfront next to the Port of Vancouver, sit 2 granite Chinese lions, engineered with special lighting from below to highlight their after-dark appearance.These lions were a gift from the…
I have a somewhat tattered, antique diary which belonged to my grandfather Frederick Groves Kerley who immigrated to Canada from England in 1910. He carried this very small, leatherbound diary with him from the time of his enlistment with the 1st Canadian Pioneers in August of 1915 until his return…
LEAVING THE HOUSE Parties no longer take place in these rooms; they are empty. Conversations have come to an end. Anyone knocking on the door will no longer ask for me.There are stains on the walls where pictures were hanging. Things were tossed away without regard. There will be no…
Several years ago I became interested in the genealogy of my family when I was given a “starter page” of information compiled by another family member on my father’s side of the family. My mother’s family had plenty of information and photos of generations gone by, so I had a…
