Author Archives: VB

I travelled out to Clyde River Presbyterian Church yesterday to attend the annual memorial service. Our mother Hazel passed just over two months ago on May 26th, one month before her 92nd birthday. We barely had time to plant some flowers on her and my father’s grave before Charles Frizzell passed. As I sat inContinue reading “We will Remember Them”

My Uncle Lorne lives on the home place where he, my mother Hazel, their sister Jean and other brother Louis grew up and at least five previous generations of MacLean’s since sometime before 1812 when they arrived from Colonsay, Scotland. The MacLean gambrel-style house is 200 years old this year. Lorne lives in Meadowbank, butContinue reading “The Lay of the Land”

It is not that unusual to leaf through a children’s story book that an older sister purchased for her seven-year-old brother except if she bought it for him in 1937. The family had travelled over to Moncton to visit their Aunt Minnie, and, on the way back across the ferry, she signed the book “ToContinue reading “A Storybook Gift from a Sister to her Brother”

There would have been a time, long before I was born when an afternoon ride on a two-seater buggy pulled by a handsome horse would have been a desirable way to spend a leisurely Sunday. And today would have been the best; the temperature was hot but not too hot. A country breeze offered justContinue reading “Horse and Buggy Ride in the Baltic Road”

How delightful spring is! These pictures were taken in Clyde River on May 1, 2012. They represent signs of spring that are delightfully beautiful and free. Too bad the sounds can’t be duplicated because the frogs clucking at night and the little birds chirping in the sunlight are so cheery. We also hear a woodpeckerContinue reading “Scenes and Sounds of Spring”

(Article as appeared in The Guardian, October 22, 2011) The Community of Clyde River has created a commemorative sign featuring the names of those buried in their pioneer cemetery along with photos of the site. The cemetery is located on the banks of the Clyde River, which is a long distance from the road withContinue reading “Clyde River Remembers its Pioneers”

I took a drive out to Clyde River yesterday to deliver something to Sharon MacLean at the Clyde River Baptist Church. Jo-Ann MacPhail was there decorating for Thanksgiving with pumpkins, apples and coloured leaves from her collection of props. What a talent she has for making things beautiful. Sally Ross was also there to ensureContinue reading “Thanksgiving Weekend in Clyde River”