I didn’t have any technology except my practical way of doing things. So I told them by pulling on the spring. If it is hard to pull it means that it would hit harder and that’s how I do it.
Chapter 34 Vital and Danny Thebeau
CHAPTER 34 Summer of 1975 My friend, Jack Moore was keeping a few horses; he told me I should have...
Harry Palmer -Photographer
A long-time supporter of the arts in Calgary, and our dear friend, Harry Palmer passed away this...
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I bought this when it came out, 1970-71ish, and I've owned it ever since, I always heard Ringo had...
A Message For You Ch. 30 – Feel Good About Your Job! – Vital Thebeau
CHAPTER 30 The job that I enjoyed was working alone on the forklift - most of the time that was my...
A Message For You- Ch. 29 – Getting an Education!
CHAPTER 29 Sometime in 1972 the Department of Labour, said that we had to have a license to work...
5 Apps that mark your place! or do they?
In our tiny beachside cottage on a sheltered Vancouver Island bay, a stones throw from the water, I felt like the painting by Millais, The Boyhood of Raleigh, peering out into the Salish Sea wondering what was going on out there, a not too distant horizon of islands...
6 Quotes: William F. Buckley, Jr. on collectivism, freedom, and power.
Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of National Review and the father of postwar American conservatism. In his honor, here are six quotes by the inimitable writer on collectivism, freedom, and power. On government power (I):...
Frederick Albert Tilston, VC, 1990
On March 1st, 1945, he led "C" Company in a 500-yard attack across muddy terrain soaked by recent rain and snow, through barbed wire and enemy automatic weapons fire. After being slightly wounded by shell fragments in the head, he personally destroyed one enemy...
LE CORBUSIER & PIERRE JEANNERET COLLECTION
NEW YORK – An exceptional 35-lot collection of furniture and lighting masterpieces will be presented at the Design auction on June 21 at Bonhams New York. The lots originate from Chandigarh, a city in north India, and represent a landmark in urban planning and...
SUMMER OF HAMILTON
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO LAUNCH SUMMER OF HAMILTON HONORING THE LEGACY AND RESURGENCE OF THE “$10 FOUNDING FATHER” New York, NY, May 16, 2016—Beginning this July 4th holiday weekend, the New-York Historical Society welcomes visitors to be in “the room where it...