a) Reprise of material posted on November 8 in previous years ...
2020: Ontario nostalgia, fallen leaves (photo-collage)
2021: domestic hazards, smoke detectors (illustrated verse)
2022: urban concerns, school districts (glowingly) (poem)
2023: postal places, Goose Bay and Gander (poem)
2021: domestic hazards, smoke detectors (illustrated verse)
2022: urban concerns, school districts (glowingly) (poem)
2023: postal places, Goose Bay and Gander (poem)
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b) Today's Offering (Nov 8, 2024): released in advance of November 11.
Marking the official conclusion of "the Great War" (World War I), "Armistice Day", was observed on subsequent anniversaries of November 11, 1918. The name of the observance was changed to "Veterans Day" in the United States, and to "Remembrance Day" in British Commonwealth countries.
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