Like my father, my mother was born in Toronto Canada, only one year earlier in 1923. She was named after Queen Victoria. In Canada, the 24th of May is a national holiday called Victoria Day. To me it was mother’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Childhood
My mother recently sent me some photos of her parents. By profession my maternal grandfather was a stonecutter. The stonecutting business had been in the family for many generations. I am told that my grandfather came to Canada because his … Continue reading
I now step backwards in time to fill in some of the gaps of my story by talking about my early life with my parents and grandparents. My father was born in 1924 in Toronto, Canada. He rarely speaks of … Continue reading
I remember lying in bed late one evening listening to FM radio. I was 16. In those days FM radio was new and many stations were experimenting with different formats. I was listening to an “underground” FM rock station. This … Continue reading