Peter Turner

salamander

Salamanders and Cocktails

While it was well known that Father had been a devoted conservationist all his life—Fish and Game Club, tree planting, fly fisherman—he did not have a clue about the salamandre pourpre—wouldn’t know one if he saw one.

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covid mask

Love in a Time of Covid

Gordy was a towering 19-year-old defenceman with the Junior B Chasseurs, of Farnham. Since high school, his manly good looks…

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Charlie and kd 

Charlie arrived in Kingston before supper, so he would have time to prepare for his 8 o’clock meeting next morning….

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Peter Turner

Howard and the Nurses

For all of his fifty-five years, Howard Laporte was known as “The Walker.” At the age of eight months he’d…

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A Christmas dog story

Bob’s Christmas

It was the worst Christmas Eve ever. The whole family was despondent. Bob, their grandparents’ beautiful big puppy, was gone….

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Sandy Martin

Sandy Martin

Sandy Martin died last fall at the age of 87. Apart from the last couple of years, he spent his…

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Hibrow Bergeron

Arsene Bergeron, had inherited the Bergeron’s distinctive single eyebrow across the centre of his forehead, thus his nickname HiBrow.” His…

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Grey Cup

Grey Cup 1962

My Uncle Lloyd, a retired senator, is a die-hard Canadian Football League (CFL) fan. He attended his first Grey Cup…

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