http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog The Les Becker Blog: Writer (fiction, non-fiction, story-telling, memories, screenplays, radioplays, lyrics, ghost-writing, magazine articles, tourism and event promotion) and amateur photographer from Northern Ontario. Looking to escape Northern Ontario. Rescue me. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2009/07/19/65-years-ago-today-my-dad-wrote-this/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2009/07/19/65-years-ago-today-my-dad-wrote-this/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:14:41 +0000 Les http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=1464

]]> A Letter from Overseas-1944Taken June 18, 2009 with Canon PowerShot A550 “How are you and the cows getting along in the mornings? “In three days’ time, my father will have been dead for a year. I have a hard time believing that. Sometimes, it feels as if he’s been gone forever. Other times, I [...]

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]]> Peekin’ Over…Taken March 2, 2008 with Canon PowerShot A550 YAY!!! It’s another installment of Radio Les! Pusha da Play… [See post to listen to audio] When the baby starts barfing up BBQ, it’s time to wake up my mother. Holy shit – 21 days into 2009, and this is my first blog post of the New [...]

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]]> Bear ClawTaken March 1, 2008 with Canon PowerShot A550 “…it’s like holding a bagful of bear cub! It fights back, don’t it?”I found this bear claw in a box full of little trinkets and treasures in my father’s closet nearly a year ago. It was in the same box with his pocket watch, [...]

]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/12/21/the-bear-hunter/feed/ 3 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/07/22/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/07/22/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:38:21 +0000 Les -2ageblogbreathedaddeathfatherfuneralkisslaughlifelovemourningsleepstoriestimetrespasser http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=119 Matthew Mansel Falls1920-2008 …I kissed him goodbye, and said “I love you,”…From the time I moved out on my own, right up until my parents moved into the first retirement home, I received a unique gift from them at the end of every summer: enough vacuum-sealed fillets of whitefish to last until the next [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/07/22/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/feed/ 37 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/04/19/mein-kluben-mein-kluben/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/04/19/mein-kluben-mein-kluben/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:38:32 +0000 Les 12th infantry Brigade1st Canadian Infantry Division4th princess Dragoon Guards4th Reconnaissance Battalion4th Reconnaissance RegimentAmsterdamBelgiumboringcanadadadfearfood linesOstendSecond World Warsnarltrespasserwooden shoesWorld War II http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/04/19/mein-kluben-mein-kluben/ 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards EmblemTaken March 1, 2008 with Canon PowerShot A550 clipped from www.rcaca.org Historical Sketch On 26 January 1941, the Regiment mobilized the 4th (Active) Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. This unit was converted to armour and redesignated 4th Reconnaissance Battalion (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards) on 11 February 1941. The battalion was formed [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/04/19/mein-kluben-mein-kluben/feed/ 16 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/02/17/whole-lotta-rockin-goin-on/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/02/17/whole-lotta-rockin-goin-on/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:23:14 +0000 Les agecabbagedaddiptheriaipodknifemothermulattopotatoesstabbed to deathtrespasserWorld War II http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/02/17/whole-lotta-rockin-goin-on/ …in the Nursing Home, that is. Well, there’s a big difference between dying of Diphtheria and getting stabbed to death by a big Mulatto fella, now, isn’t there?!Yeah, so my dad bought an iPod. My Brother the Trespasser picked it up for him, set it up and showed him how to use it. Dad spent [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/02/17/whole-lotta-rockin-goin-on/feed/ 12 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:59:01 +0000 Les bootscanadaCanuckiacoldgogol bordellogooglehaweaterhaweatersjoblaughlifemanitoulin islandontariorandom song for the dayRubysnowweatherwinterworkWorld War II http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/ Team in Winter – Source Unknown AND…. no. It’s not pronounced the way you’re laughing at, either…I found this info while looking for links for this waaaaaay back story of my dad’s that he told me on Saturday. I’m still shaking my head. Ruby says you can’t trust that Internet – and I guess [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/28/rubys-right-you-cant-trust-that-internet/feed/ 13 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/09/17/the-bee-keeper/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/09/17/the-bee-keeper/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:07:48 +0000 Les http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/09/17/the-bee-keeper/ He would have looked a lot like this, then… They were about to swarm – he knew they were. This picture was taken, obviously, just before my Dad went overseas during World War II. He was the youngest of the six boys, and the only kid younger than he was, was my Aunt [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/09/17/the-bee-keeper/feed/ 3