Tag: nature
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The War Years
Read More: The War YearsChapter 8 THE WAR YEARS Then came 1939. There had been rumours of war for years, but most people didn’t pay much attention to it. They were too busy just trying to keep food on the table to support their families. There was no television yet and not many people owned radios. Many rural people…
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The Early Years
Read More: The Early YearsChapter 6 OPA’S CHILDHOOD AND OPA & OMA’S WEDDING We know very little about Opa’s youth. He was born on February 7, 1887 on the family farm in Lathum where he lived for 67 years until May 1954 when he emigrated to Canada. When he was born, there were already 3 children in the family–…
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Protected: Memories II
Read More: Protected: Memories IIThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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The Brouwer Book
Read More: The Brouwer Book1925 – 2000 Preface by Cor De Jong This book was begun originally for my own children. Three winters ago, experiencing considerable back pain and being unable to work for several weeks, I began to write a family history for them. Since the book was intended only for them, it was written with a focus…
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Design
Read More: DesignThese photographs, by Stiny’s son Henry de Jong, were created shortly after her home, lovingly crafted over many years, became an estate to be quickly dismantled and dispersed.
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2021 – Herb Lake
Read More: 2021 – Herb LakeBy staying close to access points for our canoe camping we’re more likely to end up mixed in with cottages. Here again though, like Wolf Lake
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2015 – Killarney
Read More: 2015 – KillarneyConsidering our long history with canoeing, it is perhaps surprising that we had not yet laid eyes on the fabled Killarney Provincial Park
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2013 – Charleston Lake
Read More: 2013 – Charleston LakeThis trip would not have been a good introduction to canoe camping, or even camping. Not that we experienced any disasters, but the weather
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2010 – Canisbay Lake
Read More: 2010 – Canisbay LakeWe had camped at Canisbay Lake before and had seen that loading up the canoe required only a short carry from the parking lot. And we wouldn’t
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The Age of Aquarius
Read More: The Age of AquariusThe Middledom Manifesto: This is where I stand, neither to the left or to the right, but feet feeling their way through the middle, between the past and the future, between the good and the bad, between certainty and doubt.