Heather and I are overjoyed to welcome a new “Whiteson” into the world: Colm Peter James Watson. Almost two weeks late, Colm was born at 9:48 pm on Monday, May 26th (after just 3 hours of active labour and 45 minutes of being admitted–way to go Heather) weighing in at 8 lbs. 10 oz. We’re […]
Category: Family
Frances K. Girling, a life lived from 1914 to 2010
Its with sadness that I just got a phone call from my Mum—Frances K. Girling, my Nana, has just died at the age of 95. Nana in 2006, at 92 I’m flooded with snapshots of memories: her life-worn hands being able to snatch out a hot home-made teabiscuit when mine had recoiled in pain; having […]