Beauty comes in at the eye.
A long-time supporter of the arts in Calgary, and our dear friend, Harry Palmer passed away this month. When we think we know a story, it is easy to assume that the story is complete, that there is nothing more to uncover. However, Harry Palmer’s extensive...
I once visited the great battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was in July, on the 141st. anniversary of the battle. Sticky hot. Lush. Vintage. Charming. And it carried with it a song that will echo through my mind and heart forever. I was on a personal...
Silent film comedy star Harold Lloyd was a crazed Christmas lover. Using many trees roped together Lloyd built these enormous Christmas trees, then added an extraordinary collection of Christmas ornaments. Specs: 3 large Douglas firs wired together 20 feet High 9...
The Holidays are fast approaching and they can be a little overwhelming. This year, let's all buy gifts that matter, something that will appreciate rather than mass produced consumer goods that the recipient won't remember by the next year. Here are some of our...
The race was held in 1903, 1307 kilometers, in three legs, from Versailles to Madrid, but was stopped at Bordeaux. "Hundreds of cars of all sorts, shapes and sizes. Some un-safe, unsuitable and impossible. Some driven by men with every qualification as racing drivers;...
World War I has become the forgotten war. The New Brunswick businessman Vincent Goodwin recalled its horrors, excitement and the price so many paid. He looked back upon that frosty, grey November 11th, 1918, morning when he was in Valenciennes, France--the...
In August of 1942 a disastrous invasion by Allied troops of the small French port of Dieppe, as a test of the landing capabilities of the Allied forces, a trial run for the invasion of Europe in World War II. A dismal failure, poorly planned and executed, a largely...