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Mrs. Shaffer and The Sounds of Music

While we all seem to be suddenly wandering around through our various 60s memories I want to thank Mrs. Harrison Shaffer for her many contributions to those memories. Remember South Pacific, anyone???? and the half dozen or so of us sweeeet young ladies dressed in sailor uniforms singin’ our hearts out to the [...]

Saigon Kids in Canada: Happy Thanksgiving!

For Saigon Kids living in Canada today is Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, or Turkey Day (Canadian French: Action de grâce). An annual one-day holiday to give thanks for the things one has at the close of the harvest season. Some people thank God for this bounty. The holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October.

Traditional [...]

Happy Columbus Day! (Thanksgiving – Canada)

Happy Columbus Day to everyone!

What a difference 50 plus years has made in the meaning and celebration of Columbus Day. I remember when I was a kid ( 1st and 2nd grades) in a little one room school house in the middle of a corn field at Platte Woods, MO – Columbus Day was just [...]