A Xolo Called Yolo, an Ancient Dog Breed in Mexico
On a Monday walk in Mexico City we met Desire (Deh-SEER-eh) with her Xolo dog called Yolo. Little Yolo had been abandoned and then rescued by Desire. The 3500-year-old Xoloitzcuintli is […]
Category Archives: Experiencing History
Travelling through Medieval Denmark
May 30, 2018. This was the day we had an extended encounter with the Medieval world in Denmark. We started in the 1300s in Vordingborg at the Medieval War Strategy […]
Traditional Pigments Made from Earth
The first pigments used in cave paintings were a combination of finely ground earth (usually in the form of clay) mixed with animal fat. The only cave paintings I have […]
Tracking Down the Past: Making Ice Cream (Denmark & Vancouver)
In 2018 Al & I headed to Denmark and Sweden with the idea of meeting up with my aunts and uncles and cousins, and also to track down some of […]
That Old House, Chemainus 1952-59
Editor/Daughter’s Note: In my Dad’s journals of his memories he talks about moving with Mom into their not-so dream home in Chemainus. That Old House. If the T.V. program ‘This […]
Nightime on the Green Chain, Port Alberni 1951
Editor/Daughter’s Note: In my Dad’s journals of his memories he last wrote about getting married in Vancouver to my mom. When I was laid off after the summer season at […]
The Cedar Mill at False Creek in Vancouver, 1950
Note from Editor/Daughter: This story, from my dad’s journal of memories, is about a job he had at a cedar mill in False Creek, Vancouver. Image from Vancouver Archives: from […]
Tracking Down Places from the Past: The Cottage
When I was in Denmark and Sweden I went off with my cousins to try and track down some the places mentioned in my dad’s stories of his life. In Nordenbro […]
The Hotel Vancouver, 1950
Note from Editor/Daughter: This story, from my dad’s journal of memories, is about a job he had at the Hotel Vancouver in 1950. When I left the cedar mill, I […]
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 […]
Albatz Travel Adventures 