Tales from Isolation

By Alma Durkin During WWlI, I volunteered, at 17, to join the Women's Land Army in England, which was formed to help feed the island nation when so many young men were conscripted into the Forces.  Imagine twenty or so young women, girls really, living together in a...

From Mel James On a visit to Pat Crossley who lives on a farm in King, to pick up wood for the comfort birds I took some photographs to share with our members. It was a beautiful, clear sunny day so we visited the woods and the Heron rookery. The trilliums were in...

From Mel James The project was initiated by Marlene Ash. She is working with Pat Richards, who works with Hope House Hospice which is located in Aurora. The intent of the project is to provide pleasure to a person that has been provided with a difficult personal...

From Jackie Rosemin ARRABON HOUSEDownload

By Alma Durkin It's up at six and out at sevenFor Nanna's subway trip to heaven,And as I knock upon the door,Small feet come rushing 'cross the floor,The door is open, I'm inside,And chubby arms are opened wide.Sweet kisses fall upon my face,No lover had such true...

A story by Rick Strongitharm In 1969, while Neil Armstrong was stepping onto the Moon, I was celebrating my ninth birthday. My family lived beside a leper colony located where the two main tributaries of the Amazon join. My parents ran a clinic for the lepers. For my...

From Carol Palmer I just celebrated my 75th milestone Birthday and because of the travel ban my sister and I had to cancel a fabulous British Isles Cruise that was planned for over a year. My sister sent me this celebration dinner from the Keg, for my husband Bob to...

From Dave LeGallais My wife Linda and I have always enjoyed Bird Watching but never more than now when we are spending so much more time at home. I thought you might enjoy some pictures of a few of our backyard visitors. Blue Jay and Downey WoodpeckerRobinsRed-Bellied...

From Ruth and Rob Ward We were intrigued by a recent ASA E-flash asking for volunteers to transcribe a collection of letters in cursive writing from the Aurora Museum archive so they could be digitised and published online. We contacted the Museum coordinator right...

From Alma Durkin I am writing this in the middle of the Corona virus pandemic and hoping it will soon be over. Eight weeks confined to the house and still counting but, In the meantime, we must amuse ourselves and keep busy to keep sane. My brain seems to be at its...