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CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS, MY FRIENDS! B ecause 'tis the season, I have been thinking (and writing) a lot lately about giving. I have al...

C hristmas has become such an all-embracing, virtually secular event in western culture that people find it difficult to avoid, irrespective...

IT REMAINS TO BE "SEEN": A few days ago I stated that I was serving as a "seeing-eye person" for my blind dog Lucy...Poo...

Three eye surgeries in the past eight months and $10,000 in veterinarian fees later, my little girl Lucy is now totally blind.  I am her ...

T he current, unexpected and premature blast of winter has been the topic of conversation in my world for the last couple of days.  One rat...

HMCS Atholl K15 was a modified Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the  Second World War . She foug...

The practice of presenting tiny gold caterpillar pins to anyone who saved their life by parachuting from a disabled or flaming aircraft, s...

People have so many different ideas about angels, but the only authoritative guide in understanding angels is the Bible -- God's Word.  ...

I have a major problem with my short-term memory.  How bad is it, you ask? It is so bad that I lose things that aren't really lost. I...

Ken Wright (left) and Eldred Brandon, lifetime  friends and members of the Dresden Continuation  School Soccer Team, 1914-15. My ...

Arthur Pelkey and Luther McCarty square off in fateful Calgary boxing match. "Calgary's new Manchester arena was packed to ...

Mike Sterling shows his musical instrument invention, the 'Bernoulli', to Eli and Dalia Maor I like interesting people, especia...