We looked like a regular family, back then.  A good looking young couple with a pair sharp young kids. I, especially, was good looking Right?

Here is another photo from our Bowness house.  The fellow kneeling in the front middle is Andy Anderson.  I was told, many years after this photo, that Andy was the first to parachute out of his plane at the D-Day invasion in 1944.  He was awarded that distinction because of his name, being first in … Continue reading Time is Funny

On this day in 1517, Martin Luther sent his 95 Theses to Albrecht von Brandenburg, the Archbishop of Manz, precipitating the Protestant Reformation. Read about his meeting with my 12th Great Grandfather, Pierre 'Le Fils' Charron, in The Fourteen: Ancestors Book 5. Like, Share and Follow

So, as I said, my first memories are from our time living in Bowness, Alberta.  I estimate that I was between two and three and a half when we lived there.  It is most likely that we moved there as a result of the military posting for my father.  Here are photos of him marching … Continue reading In The Army Now

I celebrated my second birthday in the house in Bowness.  It is a memorable occasion for me because this was when I learned about presents.  There were some neighbor children over to share my birthday tidings.  Gifts were brought.  One of the neighbor kids took a liking my new air driven pop gun and wanted … Continue reading Bowness