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Month: November 2020

Lest We Forget: Sacrifice and the Ultimate Price

November 10, 2020

When I was a little girl I loved to hear the stories my Scottish granny, Alice Gordon, would share of her parents swapping the civilized life of gentry in Glasgow for the pioneering life of the wilds of northern Alberta. My great grandfather, William Alexander Gordon, had served as a member of the Black Watch … More Lest We Forget: Sacrifice and the Ultimate Price

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Dorothy Chiotti ~ Writer . Award-winning Fine Art Photographer . Family Historian

Winner, Award for Best Photojournalism, Equus Film Festival 2018

Member, Niagara-on-the-Lake Writers’ Circle

Past Member, Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)

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