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Glo gets her driver’s licence
This is me on my bike in about 1980. I used to ride it everywhere. I didn’t get my driver’s licence until I was 29, and even after I had it, I didn’t have a car at my disposal. Well,…
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Pop’s Family
My dad, Edouard Raoul Sauvé, was born into a big family of eight children. Two other children died as babies. From left to right: Marcel-Assistant Superintendant, RCMP; Roger-Professional singer/Bell Telephone; University professor, Mathematics; Edouard (Ed, Eddie)-Electrical Engineering, Atomic Energy; Charles…
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Peter is the best husband ever!
There are a million wonderful stories I could write about Peter, but this is one I just have to write down right now. One day in mid-August 2022, I went to the pharmacy, which was just a couple of blocks…
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Poppy Gricken
Poppy Gricken was my maternal grandfather. His parents immigrated to Canada from Germany in the late 1800s, and Poppy was born here. His name was Robert, but everyone called him Bob. He was born in _______ and died in 1972.…
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My grandmother was one of my greatest role models
My grandmother Gricken was one of my greatest role models. Her name was Mary Walters (we called her Nanny), and she was born in upstate New York. Her mom died when she was 14, and she was left to care…
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Angie gets married!
Angie got married for the first time on November 20, 2021, at the age of 54. It simply took that long for the right man to come along. For her husband, Scott, it was also a first marriage. We had…
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Backgammon: the world’s greatest game!
Peter and I have been playing Backgammon for 21 years. We play at every meal, even when we eat in a restaurant. In fact, the servers at all of the restaurants we go to know us because we are “the…
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Angie takes me on a trip down Memory Lane
When I was a kid, living with my parents, we moved to a new house 28 times between when I was born and when I turned 18. One year, I went to three different schools. I think my dad was…
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I hate gardening, but I love having gardened.
I got that line from the great Dorothy Parker, an American poet, writer, critic, wit, and satirist based in New York. She always said: “I hate writing, but I love having written.” She also said: “I like to have a…
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Neil takes me on a drive through the beautiful Ottawa Valley
My good-looking son, Neil, took me on a drive through the Ottawa Valley. He knows it like the back of his hand. I can’t remember all the places we went, but we had a wonderful time. It was a beautiful…
