pferguson | September 5, 2015
When Circumstances Keep Us Apart The other night I watched The Water Diviner…for the second time – a typical fate of mine when drawn into a story, removing myself away from the critics and enjoying someone’s vision. As I sat with my Rosemary I watched for her reactions to the words, images and soundtrack that […]
Category: Our Thoughts, Snapshots of the Great War |
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Tags: Family, Fear of God Films, Film, Gallipoli, Great War, I can see it in his eyes, Kris Fogelmark, Love Was My Alibi, Photographs, Separation, Soundtracks, The Water Diviner, To Hold You in My Arms Again, Weddings, When Circumstances Keep Us Apart
pferguson | August 29, 2015
Finding Water – Finding Story When I was young, some forty years ago, I came to British Columbia and lived near a place that my maternal family had called home since the 1860s. Having lived in many places, across Canada and overseas, this new place of generational connection was foreign to me. Yet I wanted […]
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Tags: 16th Canadian Machine Gun Company, ANZACS, Collections, Exhibits, Family, Fear of God Films, Film, Film History, Gallipoli, Generations, Great War, Histories, Leadership, Magic, Passchendaele, Russell Crowe, Saving Private Ryan, Storytelling, The Light Horsemen, The Water Diviner
pferguson | January 31, 2015
The Tale of Despereaux As I wander through the day thinking upon what next to write about I cannot help but feel astonished by what presents itself. Though I continually search for stories with a Scottish Great War base it seems lately that I have been, wanting to continue upon the path towards creative thought […]
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Tags: Australia, Despereaux, Flanders, France, Gallipoli, Great War, Hospital, John Newberry Medal, Kate DiCamillo, Light Dark, Malta, Red Cross, Regeneartion, Roscuro, The Tale of Despereaux, Timothy Basil Ering
pferguson | July 21, 2012
From a Land so Torn and Muddy For the ones that were there, for the ones we think about. Music, soundtracks, the tonal qualities that bring resonance to the ear, that unfold in the mind and create depth, meaning and memories. Music has always reminded me of my journeys; recovering bits of forgotten time when […]
Category: Odds & Ends, Our Thoughts |
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Tags: ANZAC, Australia, Gallipoli, Gallipoli Rosemary, Lone Pine, Mick Thomas, Music, Remembrance, Soundtracks
pferguson | July 9, 2012
V Beach, Gallipoli and the SS River Clyde The SS River Clyde was built in 1905 in Glasgow, Scotland as a 4,000 ton collier. Similar to the Trojan horse used at Troy, the River Clyde, on April 25, 1915, was used to transport troops onto V Beach, Cape Helles the southernmost point of the Gallipoli […]
Category: Odds & Ends, Our Thoughts, Pipers of War |
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Tags: 25 April 1915, Cape Helles, G.M. Samson VC, Gallipoli, Peter Hart Battlefield Tours, Sedd el Bahr, SS River Clyde, V Beach Landings, Valour, Victoria Cross