My big brother died on the weekend. Joey – he was always Joey to us – was a dozen years older than me and I always looked up to him. I recall as a kid I was always fascinated by his fly tying desk, which… Read More
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8 years ago today….
8 years ago today, my honey Sheila became an anonymous liver doner at #UHN. They took a big chunk of her liver, (which regenerated in weeks) and transplanted it to someone we have never met, giving that person a second shot at life. At the… Read More
Grandpa working on a fiddle
This is one of the few photos we have of my grandpa Louis Knapik, my dad’s father . In this picture he is working on a violin. I know that he made and repaired violins but I have no idea, for instance, how many instruments… Read More
Tuffy P in a cast
Yesterday afternoon, Tuffy P tripped out in the garden and used her right hand to break her fall, protecting herself from a head injury. Unfortunately the impact injured her right arm. I drove her over to St. Joes for an x-ray. She has fractured her… Read More
Rounder or Trout Hound?
I was looking through some old family photos and came across two of my favourite photos of my father. One of the reasons I really love these two in particular is that they present two very different personas. The first one is my Dad as… Read More
When you get home, slip her name on a piece of paper, behind the photo…
Tuffy P writing tonight.. this is an image of my grandmother, Mary Jane when she was 17. It was taken in Toronto in the former Eaton’s department store on Yonge Street. Here’s the story of how I came to know this photo’s story 103 years… Read More
Family Gathering, Uxbridge
Christmas at 27th Street
Dinner in Hockley Valley
My sister lives in the country, up in Hockley Valley. Susan and her husband Peter invited us up to their place for a family Christmas Eve dinner last evening. We had a lovely dinner, and a chance to catch up with some family we don’t… Read More
The Time Machine
My parents brought us kids up to be Canadians. Mom was born in Poland but came over with her family as a young girl. Dad was born in Montreal. His dad moved to Canada from the States at some point along the way. He used… Read More
27th Street 