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.
Lang May Yer Lum Reek
We have a wood-burning stove, two fat lazy chairs, and some leftover eggnog; it should be a great evening.
Hopeless Infatuation
I bought a CD, which began a love affair that has not faded.
Forgotten Island Wine
Thomas Jefferson toasted the signing of The Declaration of Independence with a glass of Madeira wine.
Room 873
Darkness comes early in the shade of the Rocky Mountains. As gloom ascended, the mood of the Banff Springs Hotel darkened with it.
Why? In Three Languages
An internment camp established at the foot of Castle Mountain near Banff housed 660 enemy aliens.
Band of Brothers Baseball, 2022
Five Patons, Four Ball Games, Three (or more) Beers, Two Wins, One Good Time.
PS
The only thing better than Smørrebrød, is s’møre.
Here We Are
“A ship in harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.”
– John A. Shedd
An Invisible Pilot
The only way to get to Heaven from Scandinavia is by boat.