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Newfoundland, Canada. It is the eastern most Canadian province. It is a place I have visited three times. On my third visit to Newfoundland I did go through the ‘ceremony’ to become an honorary ‘Newfie’. (You must drink at least one swallow of a disgusting concoction called ‘Grog’ and then kiss a Cod fish.). The…

A flag with a fascinating history and story. It is not a flag for a place, like a country or state, it is a flag for a people. This is the modern, or also known as the Canada Acadian Flag. Acadians were the descendants of the French who settled in Acadia in the 17th and…

The familiar flag of our neighbors to the north: Canada. The flag is a red field with a white square in the middle. Exactly in the middle of the white square is an 11 point red maple leaf. It was designed by George Stanley and Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed it the official flag of Canada…

Prince Edwards Island. One of three Maritime Canadian provinces. It is the smallest province, but the most densely populated. It is named after Queen Victoria’s father, Prince Edward. The First Nation people who ‘owned’ the island were the Mi’Kmaq. In their language they called it ‘Land cradled by the Waves.’ When the Europeans came and…

Hanging in our Lanai door in our new home in Denver Colorado: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. PR is a Caribbean Island and unincorporated territory of the United States. It is 1,000 miles southeast of Miami Florida. The word Puerto Rico is Spanish for ‘Rich port’. “The Commonwealth is an archipelago among the Greater Antilles…

One, two, three (Good love)(Good love)(Good love)(Good love) I was feeling so badI asked my family doctor just what I hadI said, “Doctor” (Doctor)“Mr. M.D.” (Doctor)“Now can you tell me what’s ailing me?” (Doctor) He said, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah”(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)Yes, indeed, all I, I really need (Good love) Now gimme…

“If it seems like I’ve been lost in let’s remember If you think I’m feeling older and missing my younger days Oh, then you should have known me much better ‘Cause my past is something that never got in my way Oh, no”

The Chinook Indian Nation. The Chinook Indian Nation is made up of the five western-most Chinookan speaking tribes at the mouth of the Columbia River. Their nearly 70-year-old constitution codifies who they are and identifies their five constituent tribes – the Clatsop and Cathlamet (Kathlamet) of present-day Oregon and the Lower Chinook, Wahkiakum (Waukikum) and…

https://youtu.be/LRB2AOopF0c I’m happy, so happy, walkin’ on air The why and the wherefore Is someone I care for I’m yellin’, I’m tellin’ folks everywhere I know that she loves me So what do I care There’s a rainbow around my shoulder And a sky of blue above Oh the sun shines bright, the world’s all…