Tag Archives: Remembrance Day

The Places of Honor Bit

November 11, 2022 · by · in SLICE O' LIFE BITS, TRAVELING BITS · 6 Comments

Greetings! And a happy Veterans Day as we in the US let those who’ve served in the military know how much they mean! Also, after spending a fair number of November days in Canada (while playing recreation ice hockey!), I’ve picked up the habit of observing Remembrance Day as well, and honoring those who gave […]

The Remembering at Home Bit

October 30, 2020 · by · in SLICE O' LIFE BITS, TRAVELING BITS · 12 Comments

November is the month in which we in the US set aside the 11th to honor our veterans of war. And if the sports year were going as it should, the red poppies in Canadian hockey announcers’ lapels would be reminding me that our northern neighbors are among the countries that observe Remembrance Day at the same […]

The Poppies in My Lapel Bit

October 30, 2017 · by · in ENTERTAINMENT BITS, SLICE O' LIFE BITS, TRAVELING BITS · 32 Comments

I slumbered while we cruised the Dardanelles… I can’t believe it’s already (nearly) November! And within this eleventh month is the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day” – a time and date set aside to mark the end of World War I.  As the distance between us and that moment nears a century and several […]