You know the Facebook prompt,’What’s on your mind’? On the evening of November 11th, Gravel Roads had names on her mind. Names of family members who were veterans. Of colleagues who uphold the cause of veterans. Of friends who are surviving...
Yesterday Cpl Nathan Cirillo, a 24 year-old doting father and Army reservist was fatally shot in the back. While standing unarmed in a ceremonial position. Cpl Cirillo was honorary guard at the Ottawa National War Memorial. His...
Sung to the tune of ‘It’s a small, small world . . . . ‘ if you can stomach it. The rest of the world seems to be doing well with the ‘la dee...
When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union tens of thousands of Ukrainians (particularly from western Ukraine or Galicia) flocked to his banner in their eagerness to throw off the Soviet yoke. Over the next couple...
This link takes you to a New York Times feed on the situation in eastern Europe. It is interminable and not many of you will want to watch all of it, but please watch...
I grieve for Ukraine, I can’t see any way that that country can come out of the current crisis even, let alone ahead. Some of you may recall that in my very first post on...
Where Have all the Poppies Gone?
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