pferguson | April 10, 2019
Black Holes and the Pale Blue Dot: Creation and Destruction Black holes are so dense and have such strong gravity that anything that crosses their threshold — known as the event horizon — gets pulled into them, never to return. That includes both matter and light, making them black and invisible. (Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News, April 10, 2019) […]
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Tags: Agent Orange, Albert Einstein, Atomic Bomb, Black Hole Sun, Black Holes, Carl Sagan, Chlorine and Mustard gases, Chris Cornell, Creation, Dark, Destruction, Fatman, Gatlings, J. Robert Oppenheimer, James Cleland Richardson, Light, Little Boy, Maschinegewehrs, Napalm, Pale Blue Dot, Science, Scientific Slaughter, Shrapnel, Soundgarden, Vickers, Weaponized Bacteria
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 […]
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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 – […]
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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
pferguson | October 8, 2016
A Time to Reflect and be Reflective October 8, 2016 It is raining today, water hurtling down from a darkened sky. It is a time to reflect and be reflective, a time for a centennial eulogy that speaks to all of us this day…but what more can be said about this piper James that has […]
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pferguson | October 4, 2016
The 16th Battalion C.E.F. (The Canadian Scottish) Regina Trench Awards The Victoria Cross for Valour 28930 Private (Piper) James Cleland Richardson Died of wounds August 9, 1916. Buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France. For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when, prior to attack, he obtained permission from his Commanding Officer to […]
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