The Mural Festival On (& Off) Main (Vancouver)
Although some countries have had ‘murals’ for thousands of years (cave paintings, Mexico, Egypt come to mind) there now seems to be a world mural craze, and Vancouver jumped in […]
Category Archives: USA & Canada
Working at Arctic Ice Cream in Vancouver, 1951
Editor/Daughter’s Note: From my dad’s journal of memories, this story from Vancouver in 1951. I met a young Dane named Poul and we moved into a rooming house on Thurlow […]
The Three Pools at Little Qualicum Falls on Vancouver Island
Years ago I went on a sketching trip to Little Qualicum Falls on Vancouver Island. The star attraction for me were the three pools, each one different: one deep sea […]
Driftnetting in Canada’s West Coast Forest, 1950
Note from Editor/Daughter: My dad’s stories of when he first came from Denmark to Canada, taken in by a bunch of ‘fancy’ recruiting ads that promised the world but turned […]
Arriving at Canada’s West Coast, 1950
So I quit and bought a train ticket for Vancouver, arriving there on March the 12 in a snowstorm and nearly broke. On the train to Vancouver I had met […]
Across the Pond, 1949
Editor/Daughter’s Note: My dad wrote up several journals of his memories. This story is about his decision to emigrate to Canada in 1949 and the wild crossing ‘across the pond’. […]
Author’s Note from my Dad’s Journal of Memories
My Dad’s note about his journal: Because I am not a very good typist or too good at English grammar I have chosen to heavily illustrate this book. As the saying […]
