pferguson | December 21, 2020
A Christmas Dardanelles Army Biscuit The four inch square number 4 Army standard biscuit, and other known varieties, were hard as a rock, made of whole wheat flour and lacked nutrients. The mostly loathed biscuit was produced during the Great War by British firms such as Huntley & Palmers, based in Reading. The biscuit could […]
pferguson | December 22, 2019
The goodly Mouse Wantmore – of mice and non-mice! Wantmore was a mouse… That his presence was known was not known unto him. His life was his attic. Here within the trunk he lived in the leather boot from Waterloo. That more than 200 years of history was its continuum, Wantmore did not mind…the boot […]
pferguson | December 25, 2018
Christmas Parcels The joy delivered to soldiers at the front…a little bit of peace from home. Gathered together they made the most of their day. A little welcome celebration…pooling their newly delivered resources…Tommy, Billy, Robert, James, Jeremy and others…Merry Christmas to all. Across British Columbia news of parcels and soldiers made their way into the […]
pferguson | December 20, 2018
Canadian Armed Forces Away at Christmas Sergeant Edward William Ferguson was a career soldier and during his 21 year army career served on several United Nations peace-keeping missions across the globe. Korea, Egypt, the Belgian Congo, Cyprus. His journeys took him to many other places fulfilling a childhood vision to see the world, sometimes not […]
pferguson | December 15, 2018
Codfish, Mackerel, Mimi and Toutou Rose Allnut turned the sign on the shop door one last time. Sayer’s Tea Shop served her and Charlie well since coming to Courtenay two decades plus three ago. As Charlie’s machines spun for the last time, he wiped his brow and back of neck. Now one last evening to […]
