Source: Kelly Grovier, bbc.com, June 16, 2020 Worldwide, statues have been defaced as part of the Black Lives Matters protests. What are statues for? The recent destruction of monuments in Britain and the US – from the toppling in Bristol, England, last weekend of a bronze sculpture commemorating the 18th-Century British slave trader Edward Colston,… Continue reading Why Are Statues Making People So Upset
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Sask. Family Finds Message in 100-Year-Old Barn
Source: Taylor Rattray, regina.ctvnews.ca, June 13, 2020 While there is no date on the drawing, a stamp in the concrete of the barn dates the structure to 1917. REGINA — A family that farms near Yellowgrass is sharing an old sign they found in their barn, which was built before 1917. “I hopped into the… Continue reading Sask. Family Finds Message in 100-Year-Old Barn
Restoring Furniture
Its where it all started. A piece of furniture left behind in a garage in a house we bought in Eatonia. My souse started cleaning out the garage after we moved the last of the moving boxes back into the house. He hauled out an old teller desk. It was a raggedy solid desk with… Continue reading Restoring Furniture
Hazel Morris, 81, aims to put Hyde, Sask. back on the map
The once-bustling village of Hyde now has an official population of 0 Hyde, Saskatchewan really only exists in history books now. But that could change if the landowner has anything to do with it. Back in the 1880s — before Saskatchewan was a province — Hyde was a busy little village located in between Grenfell and Neudorf on the floor of… Continue reading Hazel Morris, 81, aims to put Hyde, Sask. back on the map