by Gerry Brown | Jun 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Margaret McDonald couldn’t stop shaking and shivering as the temperature in her small terraced house continued to drop precipitously. It gets cold and dark early on a windswept December night in Glasgow and 2011 was a particularly cold winter. With her boiler...
by Gerry Brown | Nov 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Great historical figures that perform daring deeds, live exemplary and inspirational lives or make massive contributions to humankind are rightly feted in history books, statues, buildings and other visible signs of their time on earth. But they also leave something...
by Gerry Brown | Nov 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
For those seeking solace from a soggy summer and a break from the baffling Brexit brouhaha there are few places that can compare with southern Ontario’s cottage country where I spent a very pleasant break this past summer. Stunningly hot, consistently sunny weather,...
by Gerry Brown | Mar 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Over 200 years ago, a humorous book entitled The Miseries of Human Life was written by the Reverend James Beresford. It was a satirical and ironic tome that recorded and praised the causes of discomfort in early 19th century England, that we would now term as “first...
by Gerry Brown | Sep 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
In 1927 two men, separated by an ocean but united in desire, set records in their respective sports that have stood as enduring standards of true talent and immeasurable value to their team. Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs for the New York Yankees, which was more than any...
