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"Sentiva il bisogno di abbandonare il proprio peso sul corpo di qualcun altro, come se il contenuto della testa fosse improvvisamente diventato insostenibile per le sue gambe da sole."
"La solitudine dei numeri primi" di Paolo Giordano
to crafterbagsandmosaics , USA : birds & trees theme for july craft matchbox swap. hope you like it ;) sent 11 jul
unterwegs im Dorf
- Chasellas / Fenster der reformierten Kirche
FRAMMENTI...
Oggi girando per il web ho sentito più di una volta usare la parola....mancanza....
Cosa vi manca cari miei che siete laggiù?
Leggevo un po di tempo fa un bell'articolo sulla Mancanza, vorrei condividerlo, la mancanza in fondo è come quel Postino che suona sempre due volte.
Ognuno di noi si è trovato a subire una perdita più o meno grave, più o meno importante, ma pur sempre di separazione si tratta; bene cosa accade?
All'inizio arriva il postino a portarci la missiva della perdita e appena aperta la porta e si apre la lettera un senso di vuoto ci assale, ci manca la terra sotto i piedi e si fa fatica a credere ciò che si sta vivendo.
Si chiude la porta e ci si immerge in una sorta di trance, di distacco irreale dalla realtà, è il momento della sofferenza emotiva, delle lacrime a dirotto, delle sensazioni forti, dei vuoti di stomaco, si maledice il Postino, la vita stessa, si vorrebbe distruggere il mondo e non ricostruirlo, ci si sente stanchi da morire e si prende la forma del divano...poi......poi accade che dopo qualche giorno il Postino risuoni alla porta.
E' il momento più brutto, si apre la nuova lettera, e dentro ci sono le cose che parlano, gli oggetti che prendono vita e raccontano, ogni piccolo dettaglio ci sussurra cose che mai avremmo pensato di ascoltare, FRAMMENTI di vita prendono forma lentamente, un libro condiviso, un articolo di giornale commentato, un cd ascoltato, un braccialetto indossato, una foto scattata, e li in quel momento preciso il Postino ha assolto appieno il suo dovere, l'emotività della perdita assume dimensioni inestimabili, il vuoto diventa voragine, la disperazione, rivoli di lacrime dolci difficili da trattenere, anche un semplice e innocuo oggetto come un calendario può diventare un macigno che schiaccia la nostra memoria e la costringe a ritirare fuori ciò che si pensava messo da parte.
Si fa fatica sempre di più ad accettare le "partenze", gli allontanamenti, le assurde separazioni,
il Postino è sempre lì a ricordarci di assaporare i FRAMMENTI di un'esistenza che vorrebbe essere fatta di cose grandiose, ma che è nelle piccole emozioni che trova compimento ideale....
Un po triste zomberos...ma visto da quassù il mondo è proprio fatto di piccole GRANDI cose che danno EMOZIONI INESTIMABILI.......
BUON ASCOLTO E FATEMI SAPERE......
No, I went of my own accord.
Class 220 diesel electric multiple unit No. 220032 pauses at Coventry station with 1O18, the 12:25 Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth service on Monday 13th May 2024.
She's an angel living in the darkest place, she's a devil with an angel's face. She's a child with wonder in her eyes, she's a woman within a thin disguise..........Bubbler
Spanish postcard by Marte. Sent by mail in 1957.
Handsome American actor Rock Hudson (1925–1985) was a popular Hollywood star in the 1950s and 1960s. He was teamed up in romantic comedies with Doris Day, but he also starred in dramatic roles in Magnificent Obsession (1954) and Giant (1956). In later years, he starred on TV in the mystery series McMillan & Wife (1971-1977) and the soap opera Dynasty (1984-1985). Hudson, secretly gay, became in 1985 the first major celebrity who died from an AIDS-related illness.
Rock Hudson was born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. in 1925 in Winnetka, Illinois at Sarah A. Jarman Memorial Hospital. He was the only child of Katherine (née Wood), a homemaker and later telephone operator, and Roy Harold Scherer Sr., an auto mechanic. During the Great Depression, Hudson's father lost his job and abandoned the family. Hudson's parents divorced when he was four years old. Several years later, in 1932, his mother married Wallace Fitzgerald, a former Marine Corps officer whom he despised. Fitzgerald adopted his stepson without his consent, whose legal name then became Roy Fitzgerald. That marriage eventually ended in a bitter divorce and produced no children. Hudson attended New Trier High School in Winnetka. He sang in the school glee club, and later was remembered as a shy boy who delivered newspapers, ran errands, and worked as a golf caddy. At some point during his teenage years, he worked as an usher in a cinema and developed an interest in acting. He tried out for a number of school plays, but failed to win any roles because he could not remember his lines, a problem that continued to occur through his early acting career. He graduated from high school in 1943, and the following year enlisted in the United States Navy, during World War II. After training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, he departed San Francisco aboard the troop transport SS Lew Wallace, with orders to report to Aviation Repair and Overhaul Unit 2, then located on Samar, Philippines, as an aircraft mechanic. In 1946, he returned to San Francisco aboard an aircraft carrier, and was discharged the same year. Hudson then moved to Los Angeles to live with his biological father, who had remarried, and to pursue an acting career. Initially he worked at odd jobs, including as a truck driver. He applied to the University of Southern California's dramatics program, but was rejected due to poor grades. After he sent talent scout Henry Willson a picture of himself in 1947, Willson took him on as a client, let him cap his teeth and changed the young actor's name to Rock Hudson, combining the Rock of Gibraltar and the Hudson River. Later in his life Hudson admitted that he hated the name. Rock Hudson made his acting debut at Warner Bros. with an uncredited part as a pilot in the World War II aviation war film Fighter Squadron (Raoul Walsh, 1948), starring Edmond O'Brien and Robert Stack. According to Wikipedia, Hudson was under personal contract to director Raoul Walsh, who rode him unmercifully, saying "You big dumb bastard, don’t just get in the center of the camera and stay there like a tree, move!" It took 38 takes to get a good version of Hudson's one line, "You’ve got to get a bigger blackboard." Hudson was signed to a long-term contract by Universal Studios. There he was further coached in acting, singing, dancing, fencing, and horseback riding. He began to be featured in film magazines where, being photogenic, he was promoted. His first film at Universal was the Film Noir Undertow (William Castle, 1949), starring Scott Brady. It gave him his first screen credit. Several small parts followed. He played an American Indian in the Western Winchester '73 (Anthony Mann, 1950), starring James Stewart and Shelley Winters, an Arab in the action-adventure The Desert Hawk (Fred de Cordova, 1950) with Yvonne De Carlo, and supported the Nelson family in the comedy Here Come the Nelsons (Fred de Cordova, 1951). Hudson was billed third in the Film Noir The Fat Man (William Castle, 1951), but back down the cast list for the romantic war drama Bright Victory (Mark Robson, 1951). Reportedly, he had a good part as a boxer in Iron Man (Joseph Pevney, 1951), starring Jeff Chandler, and as a gambler in the great Western Bend of the River (Anthony Mann, 1952), starring James Stewart.
Rock Hudson was promoted to leading man for the adventure film Scarlet Angel (Sidney Salkow, 1952), opposite Yvonne De Carlo, who had starred in his earlier films The Desert Hawk (Fred de Cordova, 1950) and Tomahawk (George Sherman, 1951). He then co-starred with Piper Laurie in the comedy Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952), directed by Douglas Sirk. In the Western Horizons West (Budd Boetticher, 1952), Hudson supported Robert Ryan, but he was the star again for another pair of Westerns, The Lawless Breed (Raoul Walsh, 1953) and Seminole (Budd Boetticher, 1953). In 1953 he also appeared in a Camel commercial which showed him on the set of Seminole. He and Yvonne De Carlo were borrowed by RKO for Sea Devils (Raoul Walsh, 1953), an adventure set during the Napoleonic Wars. Back at Universal he played Harun al-Rashid in the 'Eastern' The Golden Blade (Nathan Juran, 1953). There was the 3-D Technicolor Western Gun Fury (Raoul Walsh, 1953), with Donna Reed, and the adventure film Back to God's Country (Joseph Pevney, 1953) with Steve Cochran. Hudson had the title role in Taza, Son of Cochise (Douglas Sirk, 1954), produced by Ross Hunter. Hudson was by now firmly established as a leading man in B adventure films. What turned him into a star was Magnificent Obsession (Douglas Sirk, 1954), co-starring Jane Wyman and produced by Ross Hunter. The film received positive reviews, with Modern Screen Magazine citing Hudson as the most popular actor of the year. Magnificent Obsession made over $5 million at the box office. For millions of female filmgoers, Hudson with his towering, sculpted frame, his deep, sensuous voice and thick black hair, was the ideal leading man. Hudson went back to adventure films with Bengal Brigade (Laslo Benedek, 1954), set during the Indian Mutiny, and Captain Lightfoot (Douglas Sirk, 1955), produced by Hunter. In 1954, exhibitors voted Hudson the 17th most popular star in the country. Hunter used him again in two melodramas, One Desire (Jerry Hopper, 1955) with Anne Baxter, and All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk, 1955), which reunited him with Jane Wyman. Never Say Goodbye (Jerry Hopper, 1956) with Cornell Borchers, and loosely based on the play 'Come Prima Meglio Di Prima' by Luigi Pirandello was more drama. While his career developed, Hudson and his agent Henry Willson kept the actor's personal life out of the headlines. In 1955, Confidential magazine threatened to publish an exposé about Hudson's secret homosexuality. Willson stalled this by disclosing information about two of his other clients. Willson provided information about Rory Calhoun's years in prison and the arrest of Tab Hunter at a gay party in 1950. Soon after the Confidential incident, Hudson married Willson's secretary Phyllis Gates. Gates filed for divorce after three years in April 1958, citing mental cruelty. Hudson did not contest the divorce and Gates received alimony of $250 a week for 10 years. Gates never remarried. Rock Hudson's popularity soared with George Stevens' Western drama Giant (1956). The film is an epic portrayal of a powerful Texas ranching family challenged by changing times and the coming of big oil. Stevens gave Hudson a choice between Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly to play his leading lady, Leslie. Hudson chose Taylor. Bosley Crowther of the New York Times wrote that "George Stevens takes three hours and seventeen minutes to put his story across. That's a heap of time to go on about Texas, but Mr. Stevens has made a heap of film. (...) Giant, for all its complexity, is a strong contender for the year's top-film award." Hudson and his co-star James Dean were both nominated for Oscars in the Best Actor category. Another hit was the melodrama Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, 1957), co-starring Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone, and produced by Albert Zugsmith. Sirk also directed Hudson in the war film Battle Hymn (Douglas Sirk, 1957), produced by Ross Hunter. Hudson played Colonel Dean E. Hess, a real-life United States Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War. These films propelled Hudson to be voted the most popular actor in American cinemas in 1957. Hudson was borrowed by MGM to appear in Richard Brooks' Something of Value (1957), a box office disappointment. So too was his next film, a remake of A Farewell to Arms (Charles Vidor, 1957). A Farewell to Arms received negative reviews, failed at the box office and became the last production by David O. Selznick. Hudson was reunited with the producer, director and two stars of Written on the Wind in The Tarnished Angels (Douglas Sirk, 1958), at Universal. He then made the adventure film Twilight for the Gods (Joseph Pevney, 1958) and the melodrama This Earth Is Mine (Henry King, 1959) with Jean Simmons.
Ross Hunter teamed Rock Hudson with Doris Day in the bedroom comedy, Pillow Talk (Michael Gordon, 1959), which was a massive hit. Hudson was voted the most popular star in the country for 1959, and would be the second most popular for the next three years. Less popular was a Western, The Last Sunset (Robert Aldrich, 1961), co-starring Kirk Douglas. Hudson then made two hugely popular comedies: Come September (Robert Mulligan, 1961) with Gina Lollobrigida, and Lover Come Back (Delbert Mann, 1961) again with Doris Day. He made two dramas: The Spiral Road (Robert Mulligan, 1962) was a medical adventure story, and A Gathering of Eagles (Delbert Mann, 1963), a military story. Hudson was still voted the third most popular star in 1963. He went back to comedy for Man's Favorite Sport? (Howard Hawks, 1964), and more popularly, Send Me No Flowers (Norman Jewison, 1964), this third and final film with Doris Day. Along with Cary Grant, Hudson was regarded as one of the best-dressed male stars in Hollywood, and made the 'Top 10 Stars of the Year' list a record-setting eight times from 1957–1964. His next film, Strange Bedfellows (Melvin Frank, 1965), with Gina Lollobrigida, was a box office disappointment. So too was A Very Special Favor (Michael Gordon, 1965) with Leslie Caron, despite having the same writer and director as Pillow Talk. That year he was voted the 11th most popular star in the country, and he would never beat that rank again. Hudson tried a thriller, Blindfold (Philip Dunne, 1966). He worked outside his usual range on the Science-Fiction thriller Seconds (1966), directed by John Frankenheimer. The film flopped but it later gained cult status, and Hudson's performance is often regarded as one of his best. He also tried his hand in the action genre with the World War Two film Tobruk (Arthur Hiller, 1967). After the Italian comedy Ruba al prossimo tuo/A Fine Pair (Francesco Maselli, 1968) with Claudia Cardinale he starred in the action thriller Ice Station Zebra (John Sturges, 1968) at MGM, a role which he had actively sought and remained his personal favourite. The Cold War era suspense and espionage film was a hit but struggled to recoup its escalating production costs. Rock Hudson dabbled in Westerns, appearing opposite John Wayne in The Undefeated (Andrew V. McLaglen, 1969). He grew a moustache and sideburns for his role in The Undefeated. Afterwards he decided to retain that look throughout the 1970s. He co-starred opposite Julie Andrews in the musical, Darling Lili (Blake Edwards, 1970). Edwards suffered continual interference from Paramount executives while making Darling Lili, and it was eventually edited by the studio largely without his input. Edwards later claimed Darling Lili was budgeted at $11.5 million but ended up costing $16 million. He said half the cost was due to second unit filming in Ireland and he had pleaded with Paramount not to shoot in Europe due to the weather, but the studio insisted. The film was reasonably popular but it became notorious for its huge costs. During the 1970s and 1980s, Rock Hudson starred in a number of TV movies and series. His most successful television series was McMillan & Wife opposite Susan Saint James, which ran from 1971 to 1977. Hudson played police commissioner Stewart 'Mac' McMillan, with Saint James as his wife Sally, and their on-screen chemistry helped to make the show a hit. During the series' run Hudson appeared in Showdown (George Seaton, 1973), a Western with Dean Martin, and the horror-Science Fiction film Embryo (Ralph Nelson, 1976). Hudson took a risk and surprised many by making a successful foray into live theatre late in his career, the most acclaimed of his efforts being 'I Do! I Do!' in 1974. In 1977 he toured 13 cities as King Arthur in the musical 'Camelot'. After McMillan & Wife ended, Hudson made a disaster film for New World Pictures, Avalanche (Corey Allen, 1978) with Robert Forster and Mia Farrow, and two miniseries, Wheels (Jerry London, 1978) based on the novel by Arthur Hailey, and The Martian Chronicles (Michael Anderson, 1980), based on Ray Bradbury's novel. He was also one of several faded stars in the enjoyable British mystery film The Mirror Crack'd (1980), based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel 'The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side' (1962).
In the early 1980s, following years of heavy drinking and smoking, Rock Hudson began having health problems which resulted in a heart attack in November 1981. Emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery sidelined Hudson and his new TV show The Devlin Connection for a year, and the show was cancelled in December 1982 soon after it had first aired. Hudson recovered from the heart surgery but continued to smoke. He nevertheless continued to work with appearances in several TV movies such as World War III (David Greene, Boris Sagal, 1982). He was in ill health while filming the action-drama film The Ambassador (J. Lee Thompson, 1984 ) in Israel during the winter months from late 1983 to early 1984. He reportedly did not get along with his co-star Robert Mitchum, who had a serious drinking problem and often clashed off camera with Hudson and other cast and crew members. From December 1984 to April 1985, Hudson appeared in a recurring role on the ABC prime time soap opera Dynasty as Daniel Reece, a wealthy horse breeder and a potential love interest for Krystle Carrington (Linda Evans), as well as the biological father of the character Sammy Jo Carrington (Heather Locklear). While Hudson had long been known to have difficulty memorising lines, which resulted in his use of cue cards, it was his speech itself that began to visibly deteriorate on Dynasty. He was originally slated to appear for the duration of the show's second half of its fifth season; however, because of his progressing ill health, his character was abruptly written out of the show and died off screen. Unknown to the public, Hudson was diagnosed with HIV in June 1984, just three years after the emergence of the first cluster of symptomatic patients in the U.S., and only one year after the initial identification by scientists of the HIV virus that causes AIDS. Over the next several months, Hudson kept his illness a secret and continued to work while, at the same time, travelling to France and other countries seeking a cure – or at least treatment to slow the progress of the disease. On 16 July 1985, Hudson joined his old friend Doris Day for a Hollywood press conference announcing the launch of her new TV cable show Doris Day's Best Friends in which Hudson was videotaped visiting Day's ranch in Carmel, California, a few days earlier. He appeared gaunt and his speech was nearly incoherent; during the segment, Hudson did very little speaking, with most of it consisting of Day and Hudson walking around as Day's recording of 'My Buddy' played in the background, with Hudson noting he had quickly tired out. His appearance was enough of a shock that the reunion was broadcast repeatedly over national news shows that night and for days to come. Media outlets speculated on Hudson's health. Two days later, Hudson travelled to Paris, France, for another round of treatment. After Hudson collapsed in his room at the Ritz Hotel in Paris on 21 July, his publicist, Dale Olson, released a statement claiming that Hudson had inoperable liver cancer. Olson denied reports that Hudson had AIDS, but, four days later, Hudson's French publicist Yanou Collart confirmed that Hudson did in fact have AIDS. He was among the first mainstream celebrities to have been diagnosed with the disease. In October 1985, Rock Hudson died in his sleep from AIDS-related complications at his home in Beverly Hills at age 59, less than seven weeks before what would have been his 60th birthday. Hudson requested that no funeral be held. His body was cremated hours after his death and his ashes were scattered in the channel between Wilmington and Santa Catalina Island. The disclosure of Hudson's AIDS diagnosis provoked widespread public discussion of his homosexual identity. In Logical Family: A Memoir, gay author Armistead Maupin, who was a friend of Hudson's, writes he was the first person to confirm to the press that Hudson was gay in 1985, effectively outing him. Maupin explains that he said it to Randy Shilts of the San Francisco Chronicle, and that he was annoyed that producer Ross Hunter, who was gay himself, denied it. In August 1985 People published a story that discussed his disease in the context of his sexuality. The largely sympathetic article featured comments from famous show business colleagues such as Angie Dickinson, Robert Stack, and Mamie Van Doren, who claimed they knew about Hudson's homosexuality and expressed their support for him. At that time, People had a circulation of more than 2.8 million, and, as a result of this and other stories, Hudson's homosexuality became fully public. Hudson's revelation had an immediate impact on the visibility of AIDS, and on the funding of medical research related to the disease. Rock Hudson had given AIDS a face. After his death his long-time lover Marc Christian successfully sued his estate, again calling attention to the homosexuality Rock had hidden from most throughout his career.
Sources: Ed Stephan (IMDb), Wikipedia and IMDb.
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Rest here in this place of dreams...Let me cool you...soothe you...caress you...all your troubles all your past flow to your feet and away...let it go through you slip away slip away...with me.. your heart is free...
法屬新喀里多尼亞，利福
一系列的明信片，是寄給臺灣朋友的，名單有記在個人板上，似乎就是剛好七個推文的人，不過哪一張是給誰的就不記得了。寄回來有拍下照片的，就這七張，不過應該還有多寄才是。
回到利福的明信片，我到重看檔案的時候，才發現這張是我住的海灘。我對著這塊石頭島對了兩天。還和民宿老闆出海去釣晚餐吃的魚。令人回味再三的遊歷。
Lifou, Nouvelle Calédonie
Sent by Nita in France.
Features a very tasty recipe for pate aux pommes de terre. I had fun trying it out.
Class 56's Nos. 56312 & 56303 pass through Acton Bridge with 6Z34 Wigan to Chaddesden sidings. The initial working had originated at Shap Quarry with 56303 but this ran in to problems in the Wigan area. Rescue was sent in the shape of 56312 (apologies, I cant remember were this came from put it had passed Acton Bridge northbound some time earlier) Taken 03/09/2014.
Sent to Loretta (Patabear). Super Glad she loved them. BOO I got flaked on this swap by Marionsmom.
Oh, the green thing is a Kappa btw.
MUSKWA, British Columbia, a small settlement in northern British Columbia, located south of Fort Nelson. MUSKWA is a region in north-eastern British Columbia, part of the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area. The name comes from the Cree word for bear (maskwa).
Fort Nelson is Mile 283 on the Alaska Highway, and the legendary road serves as the community’s main street. In its early days, the town was an outpost of North West Co., and more than 200 years later fur trappers continue to ply that trade. Today, the timber and oil and gas industries employ residents as well.
The Alaska Highway was planned to go from Edmonton through Grande Prairie, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, Watson Lake, and Whitehorse. Although work on the highway officially started in March 1942, the Canadian government had started expanding the airport at Fort Nelson in February 1941. LINK to the complete article - www.postalhistorycanada.net/php/StudyGroups/Northern/Nort...
The first Post Office named MUSKWA (first opening) was established - 16 April 1942 with James William Millar as Postmaster. Miller resigned on August 23, 1943. The Post Office was located near the Fort Nelson airport. Wilfred Stanley Jacobs took over as acting Postmaster on - 1 September 1943. On 2 May 1947, the MUSKWA Post Office became Fort Nelson (2), which became Otter Park - 9 January 1958 and closed - 28 October 1958.
The second Post Office named MUSKWA (second opening) was open between - 30 March 1953 and - 9 January 1958. - it was replaced by Fort Nelson - following a shift in the focal point of trade in the area.
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the MUSKWA Post Office (first opening) - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record... (second opening) - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
- sent from - / MUSKWA / PM / JUL 26 / 42 / B.C. / - cds (large letters) cancel - (RF D) - (first opening)
- censor label - / EXAMINED BY / 2467 /
This Censored Air Mail cover was sent by Charles Fredrick Capes, of the U.S. Roads Administration, who with General W. Hoge, located the route for the Alaska Highway. The cover was addressed to his son - Billy Capes / Box 130 B Rt 3 / Littleton, Colorado / USA.
Charles Fredrick Capes
(b. 24 May 1892 in La Vista, Sarpy, Nebraska, United States – d. 30 January 1953 at age 60 in Denver, Colorado, USA) - occupation - engineer / US Roads Administration - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/greeley-daily-tribune-highway-...
Addressed to his son - William "Billy" Clark Capes
(b. 19 May 1930 in Denver, Colorado, USA – Deceased after 1999)
In February 1942 the land was deep in snow. At the railhead three Americans swung off the twice-weekly train 500 miles up from Edmonton. They paused for hot coffee in one of the Chinese restaurants and headed north. They were Fred Capes, construction expert for the Public Roads Administration, and Colonels William Hoge and R.D. Ingalls. Jamming down fur caps, they slogged through snow drifts, checking grades, rivers, elevations. Rumors spread by the "moccasin vine" that at last the Americans were going to build the Alaska highway. LINK - content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,850012,0...
A highway to Alaska begins, March 1942 - The men will be under the direction of Charles Frederick "Fred" Capes, civilian engineer from Washington. Mr. Capes was in Fort St. John Thursday conferring with army officers. He and other high army officers recently traveled with H. P. Keith, district airways engineer for the department of transport, over the winter road from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson. LINK - explorenorth.com/alaska_highway/history/alaska_highway-19...
(21 March 1942) - They stopped over In Edmonton for a "break" In the long drive from Denver. The men will be under the direction of C. F. Capes, civilian engineer from Washington. Mr. Capes was in Fort St. John Thursday conferring with army officers. He and other high army officers recently travelled with H. P. Keith, district airways engineer for the department of transport, over the winter road from Fort St John to Fort Nelson. LINK - www.newspapers.com/article/the-province/122864717/
(8 April 1942) - C.F. Capes, Senior Highway Engineer of Public Roads Administration from Denver, Colorado, spent part of the week here before going on to Fort St. John to confer with senior army engineers there, on the immediate possibility of launching survey parties. Twelve engineers are already on the scene. LINK - www.newspapers.com/article/the-interior-news-charles-fred...
PEMBERTON MEADOWS - a Post Office and ranching settlement on P. G. E. Railway, at north end of Lillooet Lake, 60 miles north of Squamish, and 50 miles north of Harrison Lake, in Lillooet Provincial Electoral District, Has telegraph office. Local resources: Farming.
PEMBERTON MEADOWS (1) First Opening - 1 September 1895 to - 30 November 1901. (periods after B.C.)
PEMBERTON MEADOWS (2) Second Opening - 15 April 1904 to - 16 March 1951. (no period after C)
LINK to a list of the Postmasters who served at the PEMBERTON MEADOWS Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
John Currie was also the inaugural Pemberton Meadows postmaster 1895–1901. Pemberton Meadows then included the current Pemberton. The general store / post office was housed in a log building on his farm, which was immediately northwest of Pemberton. Mail travelled via Lillooet. After a few years (15 April 1904), the post office reopened at the later defined Pemberton Meadows. LINK to a photo of the PEMBERTON MEADOWS Post Office - search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/pemberton-meadows-p...
- sent from - / PEMBERTON MEADOWS / 28 AP (inverted) / 16 or 17 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-2 / no period after C) was not listed in the Proof Book - it was most likely c. 1904 proofed - (RF D).
- sent by - Violet Harris (sent to her former piano teacher) - after her marriage in November 1917 they moved to Portland, Oregon, USA.
Violet Victoria Margaret (nee Harris) Adkins
(b. 4 May 1892 in Victoria, British Columbia - d. 5 August 1968 at age 76 in Portland, Oregon, USA) - LINK to her death certificate - images.findagrave.com/photos/2020/18/64960900_85cc7f99-40...
Clipped from - The Victoria Daily Times newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 28 June 1911 - Miss Violet Harris has returned to her home in Victoria after spending a successful year studying music in Toronto. LINK - www.newspapers.com/clip/120962059/miss-violet-harris/
LINK to her family tree - www.findagrave.com/memorial/42057282/edwin-c-harris
Her husband - Herbert Romaine Adkins
(b. 4 May 1892 in Independence, Polk County, Oregon, USA - d. 12 July 1964 (aged 72) in Hood River County, Oregon, USA) - occupation - shipbuilder / farmer - they were married - 12 November 1917 in Victoria, B.C. - LINK to their marriage certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/38...
Addressed to her former piano teacher: Miss S. F. Smith / Seaview / Dallas Road / Victoria / B.C.
Selina Frances Smith was a music teacher who lived with her mother, Sarah Anne Smith. They lived in the Sea View family home on 104 Dallas Road in Victoria, British Columbia. Link to the 1901 census (there were also seven Chinese people living in the family home / servants?) - automatedgenealogy.com/census/DisplayHousehold.jsp?sdid=5...
Selina Frances Smith
(b. 1854 in London, Ontario, Canada - d. 15 July 1938 at age 83 in Victoria, British Columbia) - Burial - Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Clipped from - Times Colonist newspaper - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - 16 July 1938 - WAS PIONEER MUSICIAN - Funeral services for Miss Selina Frances Smith, one of the oldest professional musicians of the city, who passed away yesterday at her home, 104 Dallas Road, will be held Monday afternoon at 2.15 in Haywrard's B.C. Funeral Chapel. Dean S.. H. Elliott will officiate and interment will be in the family plot in Ross Bay Cemetery. - Daughter of the late. M. R. Smith, pioneer who established here the first biscuit manufacturing firm In western Canada, and and Mrs. Smith, Miss Smith was born in London, Ontario, in 1854 and came with her parents to this city a few years later. She attended the old Angela College for some years, later returning east to attend Toronto College of Music under the late Dr. Torrington, and from there proceeding to Leipzig, Germany, to complete her musical studies. She there won a gold medal in 1899, following a period of tuition with H. M Field. On her return to Victoria, Miss Smith established a studio with much success until failing eyesight interfered with her work two years ago. She was also well known on the concert stage in the early days as a brilliant pianist. She was a member of the Victoria branch of the B.C. Music Teachers' Federation. Surviving are two brothers, Hamilton Smith and Garrett Smith, living at the old family home on Dallas Road. LINK - www.newspapers.com/clip/120964407/obituary-for-selina-fra...
Selina Frances Smith (African-American, music teacher, $900) made a very good income as a private piano instructor to the elite families of Victoria. Her family also ran one of the pioneer manufacturing concerns in the city, an industrial bakery begun by her father Moses Roe Smith in the 1860s. Smith lived in the family home known as “Seaview” on toney seaside Dallas Street with her widowed mother (who took an active part in the business) and her younger, single brother Hamilton (who reported $2000 in earnings).
Selina Frances Smith made a good income ($900.00) as a music teacher to the elite of Victoria, yet both her mother’s and brother’s work in the commercial bakery business founded by her father was the primary means of support in the household. (Smith continued to live in the family home, Seaview, for the rest of her life, inheriting it on her mother’s death.)
(Selina's Mother) Died Apr, 1913 at Victoria, British Columbia, Mrs Sarah Anne Smith, aged 75, native of London, Ontario. She came to Victoria 51 years ago with her husband. They resided 1st at Esquimalt, then moved to Fort Street, where their bakery and confectionery business was well known. Later on, Mr Smith built a factory on Niagara Street. She leaves one daughter, Miss Selina Frances Smith, one of this city's best known musicians, and 2 sons, Hamilton, Vancouver, Garrett, Victoria. Pallbearers: Judge Harrison, Messrs W H Langley, J C Newbery, R Boyns, W G Cameron, J H Johnstone. It was 51 years ago that she left her home in London, Ontario, to join her husband, who was then stationed at Esquimalt, where he enjoyed the distinction of being the 1st man to obtain the contract for supplying bread to the navy. Mrs Smith came here by way of Panama, and on her arrival she and her husband took up their residence in Victoria proper. The biscuit factory with which Mrs Smith's name is inseparably connected was the 1st one to be established in British Columbia, and was originally located at Esquimalt. It was not until later that the site which it occupied on Niagara Street was purchased. That the deceased lady, who from earliest days was noted for her benevolence and kindliness, was not more prominent in the society of the city was probably due to the fact that she was essentially a home-lover and devoted her spare time to her family and her household.
Her father - Moses Rowe Smith arrived in Victoria in 1858 from London, Ontario. He was joined in 1866 by his wife Sarah Anne and daughter Selina Frances. He had been engaged in the bakery business there. He set up his bakery on the south side of Johnson Street, but shortly moved to the north side of Yates Street between Store and Government St. He soon got the contract to supply the Navy ships anchored in the harbour and also the prison ships. This required him to bake 3500 loaves of bread a day! To do this he installed 4 large ovens in his Victoria bakery and opened a branch in Esquimalt. Mr. Smith then obtained a contract to supply bread to the navy which he held for many years. LINK to the complete article - bcblackhistory.ca/the-m-r-smith-bakery/
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A fotografia "O frio não se vê ... mas sente-se" de Mário Silva captura de forma poética a essência do inverno numa aldeia rural transmontana.
A imagem apresenta uma árvore desfolhada, silhueta contra um céu nublado e de tonalidade acinzentada, que domina a composição.
A ausência de folhas nas árvores e a tonalidade fria do céu transmitem uma sensação de nudez e de vazio, característica da estação mais fria do ano.
No canto inferior direito, uma pequena coroa de advento com velas, parcialmente visível, adiciona um toque de calor e esperança à cena, criando um contraste interessante com a atmosfera fria e invernal.
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A fotografia não apresenta elementos explícitos que evidenciem o frio, como geada ou neve.
No entanto, a escolha cuidadosa dos elementos visuais - a árvore desfolhada, o céu nublado, as cores frias - e a própria frase que intitula a obra, criam uma atmosfera que nos transporta para um ambiente gélido.
A sensação de frio é sugerida, não descrita, convidando o observador a completar a imagem com as suas próprias sensações e experiências.
A composição da fotografia é simples e eficaz.
A árvore, como elemento central, domina a imagem, enquanto o céu e o primeiro plano criam um cenário amplo e envolvente.
A ausência de elementos distraidores permite que o observador se concentre na essência da imagem: a representação do frio.
A árvore desfolhada, símbolo da morte e da hibernação, contrasta com a pequena coroa de advento, símbolo da vida e da esperança.
Este contraste sublinha a força da natureza e a capacidade de renovação que a caracteriza.
A fotografia transmite uma sensação de melancolia, mas também de beleza.
A paisagem invernal, com a sua atmosfera fria e solitária, pode despertar sentimentos de nostalgia e saudade.
No entanto, a beleza da natureza, mesmo no seu estado mais adormecido, é evidente.
A fotografia captura a essência da vida rural numa aldeia transmontana.
A árvore desfolhada, a coroa de advento e a paisagem envolvente são elementos que remetem para a cultura e as tradições da região, estabelecendo uma ligação entre a obra de arte e o contexto cultural em que foi criada.
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Em conclusão, "O frio não se vê ... mas sente-se" é uma fotografia que nos convida a uma reflexão sobre a passagem das estações e a beleza da natureza em todas as suas manifestações.
A obra, através duma linguagem visual simples e eficaz, transmite uma sensação de paz e serenidade, ao mesmo tempo que evoca sentimentos de nostalgia e melancolia.
A fotografia de Mário Silva é um testemunho da sua sensibilidade e da sua capacidade de captar a essência da vida rural.
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Texto & Fotografia: ©MárioSilva
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Early in the 20th century, it was obvious that the closed mail service on the lake steamers was inadequate and Ottawa was urged to supply R.P.O. type service. In 1911, the “Aberdeen” and the “Okanagan” were fitted with mail rooms on their freight decks. The deckhands continued to exchange mails with side service couriers at each landing, as it was done at railway stations. Although it was a water service, the route was designated Penticton & Okanagan Landing R.P.O. Plans of the steamship “Sicamous”, launched in 1914, included a mail room. The combined operation of the trains and boats, with resorting mails enroute, offered a quality of service, which has never been equalled. The highways of the day, although crude, forced the C.P.R. to withdraw the “Sicamous” from service, as she was incurring a loss of $14,000 monthly, a large sum in 1934. Already holding running rights on the C.N.R., from Vernon to Kelowna, the C.P.R. extended its mixed passenger run to Kelowna and the new Kelowna & Sicamous R.P.O. was established the first week of January, 1935. D. Chapman Company had a contract to haul closed mails between Penticton and Kelowna and also served the intermediate offices. LINK to the complete article written by R.F. Marriage - bnaps.org/hhl/newsletters/rpo/rpo-2002-01-v030n03-w158.pdf
- sent from (Kelowna, B.C.) - / x PEN. & O.L • R.P.O. x / N / JUN 6 / 16 / B.C. / - rpo cancel - this hammer was proofed - 29 June 1911 / W-106b ornament (#178) / in use from 1916 to 1918.
Message on postcard reads - Dear Blackaby - June 6, Your letter just received. Glad you got my letters. Glad too you are well and in good spirits. We continue to remember you. Be courageous. All will be well. All well here. Fraternally. Herman D. Riggs
Rev. Herman Dionysius Riggs
(b. 5 March 1876 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - d. 3 Jan 1936 (aged 59) in Lethbridge, Alberta / Burial, Mountain View Cemetery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)
- on the 1911 Canadian census he was living in Vernon, B.C. - Occupation - wholesale fruit shipper.
around 1914 they moved to Kelowna, B.C.
- on the 1921 Canadian census he was still living in Kelowna - Occupation - Baptist minister.
His wife: Annie A. (nee Broadbent) Riggs
(b. 1881 in Ontario, Canada - d. ) - they were married - 25 November 1911 in Thornhill, Manitoba.
The following from Saturday's Winnipeg Free Frees will be of Interest to many in this city (Vernon, B.C.) and district: Thornhill, Man., Nov. 26. A quiet wedding took place at the home of Mr. John Broadbent, of Thornhill, Man. on Saturday. November 25th, 1911 at 10.20 a. m., when his daughter Annie was united in marriage to Herman D. Riggs, of Vernon, B. C. Mr. and. Mrs. Riggs left on the noon train for Vernon. B. C., where they will reside.
The eclectic brick Herman D. Riggs House was built in 1915 and is situated at 911 Borden Avenue in Kelowna's South Central neighbourhood. The Kelowna Brick Works, which was located at the foot of Knox Mountain and utilized the clay found there, was started in 1905 by Charles Harvey (who built his own house at 715 Sutherland Avenue of the brick in 1908) and his partner, Mr. Jackman. In 1910 Charles Clement, a contractor who had arrived in Kelowna ten years earlier, rented the business, and later bought it in partnership with Herman D. Riggs, who had recently moved to Kelowna from Vernon. LINKS to photos of the H.D. Riggs House in Kelowna, B.C. - www.kelowna.ca/our-community/arts-culture-heritage/herita... and www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7190 and www.teamconstruction.ca/project/borden-avenue-heritage-re...
Addressed to: 442028 / Sgt. G.R.S. Blackaby / D. Section, / Machine Gun Coy / 2nd Brigade / 1st Canadian Divison / France / Via London
Gerald Richard Sanders Blackaby
(b. 5 August 1891 in Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom – d. 18 December 1961 at age 70 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Clipped from - National Post newspaper - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 26 March 1949 - Chamber of Commerce president Gerald Richard Sanders Blackaby is branch manager of the Bank of Montreal in Prince Rupert, B.C., which he joined in London, Eng. Served first at Fredericton, N.B., then moved across the continent to British Columbia. Served overseas 1915-1919, past president Canadian Legion, active Rotarian.
LINK to his Personnel Records from the First World War - www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-wo...
His wife: Jennie May / Marguerite (nee Boucher) Blackaby
(b. 4 January 1903 in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada – d. 14 April 1967 at age 64 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) - they were married - 25 July 1933 in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, B.C. - LINK to the newspaper report on their wedding - www.newspapers.com/clip/97789135/boucher-and-blackaby-wed...