U of CPR
My first ride on a train was in an empty boxcar of a grain freighter.
It was a disaster.
Dreamers and Poets and Clowns
“If only I could travel faster than the speed of light, I could be there in a year or two”.
Making Big Rocks into Little Rocks
If customers couldn’t crush gravel for lack of manganese cones, they couldn’t make payments on their loans.
Click on the chemical element Mn for details…
The Fine and Dandy Club
Arcola’s Fuller Brush Man was a charismatic character, he reminded me of Guy Smiley, from the Muppets.
Hopeless Infatuation
I bought a CD, which began a love affair that has not faded.
Dream Day
Doing good deeds for lost children is not the usual stuff of dreams.
A Tank of Fuel
Albert Allsop never carried a gun during WWII, but that doesn’t mean his life wasn’t in constant danger.
Do It Soon
We didn’t go to hear an old man sing, we went to witness a legend
It Will Come Around Again
I am privileged to be among what is now the oldest living generation of the Wells family.
When Kerchunking Was Normal
In 1986 Amazon was a river, and the only mouse involved was one I chased out from behind the storage container.