pferguson | November 1, 2018
Keeping Watch The news came four days into November…a Saturday…1916…James Cleland Richardson wounded and missing. Perhaps there was hope? Perhaps better news to follow? Now, each movement an ache. Hands clenched, then opened, to feel the comfort within the repeated motion. Ten things done and a minute passed. Busy work. Pauses throughout the day…with sons […]
Category: Remember Them Well |
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Tags: 4 November 1916, Chilliwack, David Richardson, Family, James Cleland Richardson, Mary Richardson
pferguson | October 7, 2018
As Families Do An October evening in Chilliwack. The Richardson family, mother and father, family – without the sounds of overseas. Perhaps within their chairs, cups of tea and Dundee cake. The crackle from a fireplace and as families do talking of their day. Yet within their speak, the name of one – James – […]
Category: Our Thoughts, Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: 8 October 1916, Chilliwack, David Richardson, Emma Stevens, Family, Home, James Cleland Richardson, Keep the Home Fires Burning, Mary Richardson
