Tag: biographies
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My Grandmother Was a Waitress in Niagara Falls by FJ Doucet
My grandmother at forty woke up before dawn to dress, put on make-up, and curl her hair. She was divorced, a mother of five, and a waitress at the Best Western hotel in Niagara Falls. The job started at eight o’clock but, always, she left her apartment on Main Street early. Turned the key in…
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Journal of a Day’s Journey in Upper Canada in October, 1816 by Erieus (Adam Hood Burwell)
The air was soft, the sky was clearOctober’s sun shone mild and fair,With orb depress’d and slanting ray,While hastening round the autumnal day;With mellow fruit the orchard hung,Where birds the parting chorus sung,And spread their opening wings to fly —For winter frown’d in northern sky,Black o’er the wide-extended plainThe crested buckwheat wav’d amain;The Indian corn…
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A Tribute to George Seibel by Alan Tustin
George Seibel set a standard for service to his town And for his contributions he gained his cap and gown. For he chronicled Niagara with a zeal quite unsurpassed And left us with anthologies that will forever last. He served us as an airman when the foe was at the gate And shared a long…