Made of bronze, each side communicates a saint’s trial. Which saint you may ask? I don’t know and would love to find out. Did it hold the relics of a saint in the distant past- a toe, clothing, rib, veil? The truth is only a whisper away…
2/12/17
Dear Margorie,
The Frenchmen all rave about these xmas cards. I received your nice long letter telling me about your trip to New York. I will write in a few days. Hope you and your mother have a pleasant Christmas. With Guy over here you probably wont. Have a very merry one. I am still o.k.
Sincerely,
Don G. S.T Fraser #300454
My love for Hales Cottage is like a passionate love affair: one week I want to say “enough is enough, I can’t take this anymore- I must let you go.” Then other weeks I think I can’t bear to break with this part of my history.
When I tell other people some of the history of 
(Hales Cottage in 2010 and 1910)
the house and our family, the common response is “oh, you can’t sell the house!” My feelings exactly! But I fail to see my fairy Godmother arriving, and my options become smaller as the years pass.
How do I keep my home? Am I just being sentimental? Is there an option I am failing to see? I would love to write a story on my family, but who would want to read it?
I have been standing at a crossroads for a decade now, and I must soon choose a path before I am pushed.
Cosmic universe-please send me a sign….
I found a newspaper from when my mom’s family lived in Dauphin Manitoba, during the Second War. The date is August 31, 1944. By this time the Allies had broken through Normandy. One year later the world will be ushered into the nuclear age of war, and World War Two will be over.
Entitled “The Dauphin Herald,” the yellowing paper is a snapshot of the concerns and interests of the people who lived during this time. To be honest, my eyes were drawn first to the things I can recognize 66 years later: the advertisements.
Walt Disney’s Snow White was released in 1937, so seven years have passed. I’m not certain how long the original played, but Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi had been made by this time. Many critics told Disney that Snow White wouldn’t be successful- who would want to watch dwarfs dancing around a young lady? Disney even mortgaged his house for his dream. Decades later, watching this movie still is a right of passage for most young children-now that’s a dream with sticking power!
Brushed With Mystery 