It was a pleasure to attend the annual gala of the Town of York Historical Society, proprietors of Toronto’s First Post Office (TFPO), both a museum and a working post office, the other night at St. Lawrence Hall in Toronto. To add to the ambience, each table was provided with a number of goose feather …
When I was a teenager, I spent many a spare period in my high school’s library poring over an illustrated book for young people describing an early 20th century American adventurer’s romantic tales of international travel (the Taj Mahal! the pyramids!). Being an academically oriented Canadian convent school (ahem…), this was a rather improbable and …
At various times in my life I’ve been a big reader (surprise). At one point, I got a bit obsessed with trying to understand All The Great Works Of World Literature courtesy of The New Lifetime Reading Plan, published in 1999. My home was full of books (actual print books), read and unread, especially inexpensive …
Step back in time 110 years. You’re visiting London, England, in 1908, maybe for the first time. You want to know everything. Luckily you have a guidebook with you. Beyond the opening hours of the British Museum and the location of Sir Christopher Wren’s tombstone in St. Paul’s Cathedral, what is your guidebook telling you …
