It appears that again, some new posts got lost over this latest MLU server "down-er".

There was a wonderful post here from Garry and "Shad" which I'm sorry to see gone.

I'd written some "good news" too. Namly, I'm the proud new owner of a library card again My first visit to the library was just to apply for a card and acquaint myself with the library and its layout etc.

While whizzing/quick glancing by the shelves a TITLE jumped out at me ......

"LITTLE BLACK DEVILS"
A history of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles
by Bruce Tascona and Eric Wells.

Of COURSE I did silly (bring it home with me, that is)

(The library is also getting the "ICELANDIC RIVER SAGA" for me so I can photocopy new pages of my families history and photos of my Dad, grandparents, my siblings etc...the photcopies someone sent me years ago are dog eared and dirty by now, and some are on a horrible yellow-orange paper)

The JOY of being here in the city and surrounding areas is that HERE is where there is an abundance of informations, books, archived records, and "oral stories" to be had at, that I couldn't have at in BC, especially smalltown boonies town. This area is where it all came down/or came from ... like Uncle Eddie going off to War across the ocean)

Another book that jumped out at me was
THE SCOTTISH TRADITION IN CANADA
edited by W. Stanford Reid

MARKO .... the Highlander looking soldiers on the front cover look suspiciously like me cousins! The phot info is ...

Sergeants of the 78th Highlanders, 1867

I want some haggisnow (I love haggis! Its not so different tasting from buckwheat sausage))

Thats all for now ....

Karmen