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. Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:31:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2009/07/30/the-burglar-song/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2009/07/30/the-burglar-song/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:38:15 +0000 Les http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=1715

]]> The Burglar FrogTaken July 29, 2009 with Canon PowerShot A550 I think she’s starting to enjoy the notoriety of being my Blog Star, such as it is. Ruby has this motion sensor frog ornament in her breezeway. I don’t like the thing, because I forget that it’s there, and every time I go to [...]

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]]> Mr. Hobbit and the Deer – 1942 None of them wanted to find that deer lying bloody on the railroad tracks some morning.Isn’t that a “deer” little picture? That’s actually what Ruby said to me when she passed it over her coffee cup, laughing, but I’m stealing it for myself… I got to see a [...]

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]]> “I Heart U”Taken July 13, 2008 with Canon PowerShot A550 “Now, don’t go gettin’ ahead of me; you’ll ruin the story!”No, not me, silly! Myself, I am quite content with singlehood, as of yet; it’s Ruby that told me this story, and isn’t it high time for another one from our favourite Little Old [...]

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I would have, too, but I couldn’t find any snowshoes to take a picture of, and the ones stealable online were all [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/07/31/knickety-knackety-now-now-now/feed/ 12 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/07/02/wheres-the-beech/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/07/02/wheres-the-beech/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:19:43 +0000 Les bathing suitbeachcostumedisguiselaughmaskMushyparadephotopictureprizepuddle of muddrubysandstoryThe Landlady http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/?p=211 Parade Girl – 1956 “They figured Lake Huron would just wash the beach away in a couple of years, and wouldn’t that be just a waste of sand and money?”It didn’t show up in the photo, so Ruby’s sister, who took the original picture back in 1956, wrote what the sign said with a ball-point [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/07/02/wheres-the-beech/feed/ 10 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/02/25/for-mushy-i-think-were-wearing-her-down/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/02/25/for-mushy-i-think-were-wearing-her-down/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:49:13 +0000 Les 1928asthmablogcanadachain-gangdoctorinnoculationlifeMushyNorthlandpicturePOW camprandom song for the dayRexRubyscarlet fevertrainvetwhiskeyWorld War II http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/02/25/for-mushy-i-think-were-wearing-her-down/ Joycie, Rex, and Ruby – 1928 The kids would all be lined up, and with the midwife assisting, the doctor would stick them all, assembly-line fashion, no questions asked, no names taken.Hey, a picture is a picture, right? 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It’s also not really a bad “tired” [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/02/06/leap-to-it-ladies/feed/ 4 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/25/ruby-relents-sort-of/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/25/ruby-relents-sort-of/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:00:43 +0000 Les booksclothesdadfarmjobknowledgelandladylaughMushypicturerandom song for the dayRed Hot Chili PeppersRubyThe Great Depressiontimeweddingwork http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2008/01/25/ruby-relents-sort-of/ Ruby’s Mom & Dad – March 23, 1909 ”She didn’t like the idea of letting a strange man in, but she didn’t have the heart to run him off, either…” Meet Ruby’s Mom and Dad. This photo was taken on their wedding day. 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