Mom and I went hiking this morning. We took the "Saddle trail" up Mt. Arrowsmith. It was a very steep hike, but only took us 1.5 hours from trailhead to the ridge! The view was, of course, beautiful... could see East to Nanaimo and Vancouver, and West to Port Alberni, Sproat Lake, Great Central and …
Never Again
When you hear those in power trying to convince you that Nuclear bombs and weaponry are necessary please read this. Akiko Seitelbach was 22 years old, and working at Mitsubishi Electrical as a volunteer, when the atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki. On 9 August 1945, I was working in the supply office. I was a …
Honouring Ernest “Smokey” Smith
Tomorrow, Ernest "Smokey" Smith will lie in state (CBC) in the foyer House of Commons of Canada in Ottawa. He was the last remaining recipient of the Victoria Cross in Canada. He earned it for his heroic and brave acts while fighting in Italy in 1944. He died on Sunday at the age of 91. …