Partners in Crime – a short Christmas story
I grew up on Woodland Avenue in Gardner, a residential neighborhood with tree-lined sidewalks. The street was well known because it led to the Henry… Read More »Partners in Crime – a short Christmas story
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Nazaire’s Children – December 1906
In January 1907, Nazaire Poulin embarked on a journey of 4,000 miles with his youngest brother, Raoul as they crossed Canada from Quebec to Winnipeg, walked… Read More »Nazaire’s Children – December 1906
The Princess May
In August of 1910, after brothers Nazaire and Raoul Poulin had returned home to Quebec, and with a long and lonely winter approaching, Romeo Poulin… Read More »The Princess May
The Village of Saint Joseph of Beauce
The Beauce Valley was originally populated by Abenaki, Algonquin and many other smaller First Nation bands. This region of Quebec slowly grew from the 1800s… Read More »The Village of Saint Joseph of Beauce
What was life like in 1907?
From the Prairies of Canada, the following vegetables, seeds and oils were growing each year. Newspapers would run an ad, “Pickers Needed 10,000 pickers needed… Read More »What was life like in 1907?
Evangéline
In my forthcoming novel, Nazaire Poulin, the protagonist thinks of his deceased spouse, Victoria Vachon and doesn’t remember the lines to this song that she… Read More »Evangéline
The Alligator of Ignace
Everywhere the ghost town held remnants from gone-by gold mines and quarries. Abandoned bits of scaffolding sat half-built, resembling bones of a skinned whale. One… Read More »The Alligator of Ignace
Wayside Cross
Rarely did Raoul Poulin pray. A practical man, he found happiness each day while he expected hard work to make good things happen.… Read More »Wayside Cross
Les Statistiques de Canada vers 1909
a moyenne d’âge des ‘hommes’ était pas plus de 47 ans. -L’essence pour une ‘Ford 1909’ n’était vendue qu’en ‘pharmacie’. -Seulement ‘14%’ des maisons possédaient une ‘baignoire’. -Seulement ‘8%’ des maisons avaient le ‘téléphone’ . -Il n’y avait que ‘8,000’ automobiles dans le monde… Read More »Les Statistiques de Canada vers 1909