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IWSG: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 ~ Flint Knapping
It's the first Wednesday of the month ~ the day when members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand offer their encouragementand support to other members.To visit the...
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The Lansdowne Letters: We Love Our Land
Terry and I spent last Wednesday and Thursday travelingfrom Aurora, Colorado to Laughlin, Nevada.We traveled across some of the emptiestand most beautiful regions of the United States,including one...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Puss, Puss, Puss!
Ask any elementary student what his or her favorite part of the school day is,and chances are that he or she will exclaim "Recess!"The Ojibway children in Landsdowne House a half century agowere no...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Imagination and Inventiveness Equal Barreling
Never underestimate the imagination and inventiveness of kids.Set them loose in their environment and watchwhat they come up with to entertain themselves.I don't know who thought of the brilliant idea...
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The Lansdowne Letters: A Surprise for Daddy
My A Surprise for Daddy tale will unfold in several postsas the events happened in real time.That means that my account will be interspersedamong a few other normal events postsas I follow the...
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The Lansdowne Letters: A Difficult Day
Thursday, March 9, 1961 must have been a quite day for my parents.They went from an uneventful and enjoyable eveningplaying bridge with Bill and Rhea Mitchell the night beforeto the "Starving Indians...
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The Lansdowne Letters: No Skip, No Lie!
After my father left for Nakina on March 16, 1961 in an effort to calm down Mr. Gowan the Indian Agent and save his own job, a wall of silence regarding“The Starving Indians of Lansdowne House...
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IWSG: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 ~ I Quit! Not!
It's the first Wednesday of the month ~ the day when members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand offer their encouragementand support to other members.To visit the...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Empty Skies
When I heard on the radio that the Air Force was parachutingfood supplies into northern Ontario for the starving Indians,I ran to the McRaes' kitchen window and searched the bright blue sky.I was...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Another Crisis in the MacBeath Home
Another crisis hit my parents in the spring of 1961,but at least this one could be contained and resolved.Snowy Day in Lansdowne HouseOut Our Front Window, Forestry Department Northern Ontario,...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Food of the Angels
Easter Break in 1961 was a snowy one in Lansdowne House.Even though my family was snowed inand the Easter Bunny was delayed by the heavy snowfall,we were having fun playing games, reading, and...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Suckered!
In my last post I said that our Easter break in Lansdowne Housewas one of the happiest times in my childhood.We had many happy times when I was growing up,but in retrospect, this was a special time.We...
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IWSG: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 ~ A Lesson Learned
It's the first Wednesday of the month ~ the day when members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand offer their encouragementand support to other members.To visit the...
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The Lansdowne Letters: A Different Way of Thinking
When my family lived in Lansdowne House in 1961,the Ojibwa of the region and other First Nations peoplethroughout Ontario were viewed as inferior to the white man.A pervasive paternalism on the part of...
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On the Downhill Slide at Great Sand Dunes
Hola from the beautiful San Luis Valley in south central Colorado!More specifically, Hola from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve!© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy BlueAll Rights ReservedI...
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Never Say Never in the Great Sand Dunes
The morning after our evening slog on the Great Sand Dunes,the smell of fresh coffee woke me.I was still wiped out and discouraged from my failureto reach High Dune the evening before,and I did not...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Everyday Lessons in Our Common Humanity
When my father taught at the Church of England Indian Day Schoolin Lansdowne House in 1961, he met the Ojibwa people for the first time.During his time in the isolated northern community,my father came...
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The Lansdowne Letters: An Ever-present Concern
This will be a quick and dirty northern postbecause I am leaving to fly to Canada in four hours.Terry will be manning the home front while I'm gone.I don't know how much I will get to use my computer...
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An Unexpected Change of Plans
Well, I'm not in Smith's Cove, Nova Scotia.I'm back in Aurora, Coloradoafter an unexpected flight home on Sunday.I thought I should let all my blogging buddies know.I had a dental emergency which put...
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IWSG: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 ~ Pet Peeves
It's the first Wednesday of the month:the day when members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand writing successesand offer their encouragementand support to fellow...
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