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Buckle Up!
25 Apr 2020

Buckle Up!

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

“Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
Trying to save our marriage and perhaps catch a few fish,
Whatever seemed easier…….,”
– Lake Marie – John Prine

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In Community
18 Apr 2020

In Community

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

“We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.” – S. Kelley Harrell

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Defying Gravity
6 Apr 2020

Defying Gravity

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

“I am so tired I can’t stand up; it feels like somebody tripled gravity” – COVID Patient

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Fiddling While Rome Burns
4 Apr 2020

Fiddling While Rome Burns

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

Buy me a flute, and a gun that shoots
Tail gates and substitutes
Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You ain’t going nowhere
– Bob Dylan

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The Road Less Traveled – New England
23 Oct 2019

The Road Less Traveled – New England

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 0

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
– Robert Frost

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Tron Doras
15 Jul 2019

Tron Doras

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

To know where you come from is to know where you are going.
– Russell Paton

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Cuba Libra
30 Mar 2019

Cuba Libra

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Travel | 0

When the waiter came by, he told us that the guests who had just left were descendants of Fidel Castro.

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Cuba, Havana, Travel
Time and Tide – The Maritimes
2 Oct 2018

Time and Tide – The Maritimes

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Travel | 0

“Time and tide wait for no man”
– Geoffrey Chaucer

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Maritimes, Hopewell Rocks
From Ashes to Phoenix
3 Nov 2017

From Ashes to Phoenix

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, Science and Reason, Travel | 0

“How can you rise, if you have not burned”

― Hiba Fatima Ahmad

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Tilting at Windmills – Spain and Portugal
20 Feb 2017

Tilting at Windmills – Spain and Portugal

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, History, Science and Reason, Travel | 0

“Perhaps to be too practical is madness.”

Miquel de Cervantes – Don Quixote

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  1. Russ Paton on Just Fun22 March 2026

    Yes, we are fortunate. Many of the photos have images in the background that are as fascinating as the intended…

  2. Keith MacDonald on Just Fun22 March 2026

    It's so wonderful and amazing that Bear's and your ancestors amassed old family and other photographs. The photographs and text…

  3. Liz Seale on Watch Your Back16 March 2026

    The is an intriguing eclectic piece. I love it!

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    Amazing that you have photos that go back so far…and that you can find them ! Liz Seale

  5. Keith MacDonald on Generations16 March 2026

    GREAT blog and pictures, Russ. CONGRATULATIONS, grandpa.

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