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Third Stop – Heritage Tree at Park Blvd. & Long Branch Ave.: May 5, 2018 Jane’s Walk
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Long Branch Neighbourhood Association, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA May 2, 2018 Etobicoke Guardian article, highlighting a key feature of the Third Stop, is entitled: “Long Branch’s towering red oak designated a Heritage Tree: Heritage Trees are protected by one-of-a-kind bylaw in Ontario.” A ceremony was held on April 30, 2018, as the article notes, at which a 200-year-old red oak tree, at […]
1946: The Making of the Modern World (2015)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: Richard J. Evans’s Nazi Germany trilogy along with a subsequent 2015 text is strongly evidence-based I have been reading widely about the years from the 1920s into the postwar years, by way of making connections with my father’s 1936 Berlin Olympics photo album; pondering his photos has prompted me to […]
Life at the Long Branch Army Camp, long, long ago! – Garry Burke shares additional comments
/26 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: Ted Long shares photos from the Long Branch army camp in the 1950s; with comments from Ted Long & Garry Burke I am pleased to share with you an additional comment (Jan. 31, 2017) from Garry Burke: [Ted Long has established that he is indeed the “Teddy” Long that Garry […]
How do I reach an audience?
/0 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: What makes a good story? The following links address a related question, namely: How do you reach an audience? Harvard Business Review counsels readers on how to get attention A Jan. 6, 2017 Harvard Business Review article is entitled: “What You Need to Stand Out in a Noisy World.” The […]
How to brew loose leaf green tea – Excerpts from the Fragrant Leaf and the Kitchn
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillFor many years, I’ve been following research about the health benefits of green tea. I love the taste of green tea – especially now that I’ve learned to brew it properly. I have an interest in evidence. Evidence is of interest to some people not to others. Years ago, evidence meant nothing to me. The […]
Chapter 3: The War
/0 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - G. Decarie, Newsletter/by Jaan PillThis is Chapter 3 in Graeme’s Decarie’s Autobiography Stories, which he is writing for his children. Click here for previous posts regarding Autobiography Stories – Graeme Decarie > The War “Mrs. Danielson, what’s war?” It was September of 1939, and I’d heard the grown-ups and the man on the radio talking about this thing called […]