Postcard Memories

'Early views of Canada depicted it as a Paradise. Again, a form of  sou -“venir”….literally, “to remember or recollect," whether it is an explorer's  description or a Jesuit Relation, they sent back reports…or, today, sent a postcard.'

'The Great Lakes is our lifeline, a strategic waterway and a heartland,' author notes

'Midland was part of a worldwide ski-jumping fraternity. On the map and in the news,' author recalls

"Hey Darlin'…how ya doin'?" Whether you resembled Sophia Loren or Roseanne Barr, this was his standard greeting. "Hey Kid…how ya doin'?'"

'A life of thoughtful acts and the respect and love of his community,' author notes of George Dunn

'Extraordinary place, and likely, all those who viewed this mighty inland sea, girded by primeval forest, would feel the magic and power,' author writes

'The Shell Game, or variations of three walnuts and a pea, worked money out of the crowd, who were dead certain where the hidden pea was,' author notes

'Cubs was Thursday and Mum would feed me and off I would go for an evening of howling and tying knots,' author recalls

'They went away boys, and, those lucky enough to return, became men. They shared their terror amongst themselves, where the  horrors they had witnessed remained a secret,' author notes

'Michel Gendron tanned leather, it is reported, but his fame was gained making shoepacks and his process, in the accompanying images of an early catalogue, reveal the method of construction,' author writes