Looking Back

That place of no light is underground in a coal mine and once I got used to the absence of light the uncertainty of being there faded away. 

I would like to share a story with you. 

And the Prophet said,
“And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty.
And it stayed its hand from killing.
And from that day, it was as one dead.”
Old Arabian Proverb

In the last few years my railroad interests has been concentrated specifically on the world of train art lettering styles and trying to decipher what they say.

Practical jokes, within reason, put spice in our lives and we could use more of them these days

Their living room was full of supportive community members all wanting to share that official announcement.

It may surprise many of you to learn that the town of Blairmore had a Bangor Class minesweeper named after it in 1942.

The Kootenay geological formation holds the key to how the communities of the Pass developed

Recently the old dance hall at Crowsnest Lake was dismantled and levelled and all that remains now is a bare patch where this remarkable old pavilion once stood. 

“Bye, baby bunting,
Daddy’s gone a-hunting,
Gone to get a rabbit skin,
To wrap the baby Bunting in”

The Great Depression led to many desperate money-making measures and people would do just about anything to try and survive.