Birth congratulations... almost sixty years ago
This weekend I was going through some boxes of photos and paper left to me after my mother died several years ago. I found this telegraph...
Saturday morning walk
I went for my daily morning walk around the UBC campus where we live. I encountered this friendly squirrel who gladly accepted a peanut...
Visiting sister
This week my sister Mary from Calgary visited us; her second visit since we moved to Vancouver. We enjoy hosting visitors to our condo...
My aunt Joyce
Around noon today I received a call that my aunt Joyce was in town from Powell River but only for about an hour. I rushed over (dropping...
Father's Day 2017
Yoshiko and I traveled to Edmonton today to celebrate Father's Day with Dad (age 96) and my sisters and spouse. Good weather, an...
Cataract Surgery
Tonight I returned from a three-day trip to Edmonton to assist my father with the first of two cataract surgeries. Thankfully everything...
My cousin Alison
Well overdue but today I caught up with my cousin Alison who lives nearby on Vancouver Island. I can't be precise but it is likely more...
My mother's diploma
My mother was the second female graduate from the University of Alberta's Engineering faculty. Esther Rabkin graduated in 1935 from the...
Time with Dad
I returned from Edmonton tonight after an exhausting three-day trip to support my father following the death of my mother on Friday...
Edith Muriel Cheriton, 1924-2016
My mother, Muriel Cheriton, passed away last night in Edmonton at the age of 92. She was at home with my father and died peacefully after...
