Photograph of Lieder family ancestors taken at Christa Dunn’s great grandfather’s silver anniversary celebration. My wife, Christa, has just finished and published her second book, this one on her father’s family. Her voyage of discovery, as she knew very little...
Well, we survived having 4 grandchildren and Santa for 2 weeks of nonstop action. But what fun we had starting with the mayhem and chaos of Christmas morning and opening presents all together. Then, after breakfast, it was off to spend time with Santa and his helper...
I remember very clearly as a child the excitement surrounding Christmas and especially the arrival of Santa. We would always put out milk and cookies to greet his arrival and went to bed hoping that he would fill our Christmas stockings and leave them at the foot of...
Christa and I had planned a trip to Newfoundland in September with another couple, neither of whom had ever been to the island, fondly known as “The Rock”. We had escaped Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas only to be greeted by the tail end of Dorian off the west coast...
Hurricane Dorian’s destructive force has completely devastated the Bahamas, in particular the 2 islands that bore the brunt of her fury. It will be many years before these 2 islands come back to where they were prior to the storm. The numbers are staggering. In...
My mother was 19 years old when she was married while my father was 5 years older, both very young by today’s standards but not unusual for their generation. Dad was a Lieutenant Commander at the time doing North Atlantic convoy duty from Halifax to Londonderry and...
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