by Laurie Ness Gordon | Jul 2, 2025 | Writing
Thank you to the District E of the Canadian Legion for sponsoring the 2025 Seniors Literary Competition. There were four categories: poetry, essays, memoirs, and short stories. I entered tan essay into the competition and was delighted to earn second place for my...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | May 16, 2025 | Finding Home, The Medal, Writing
What a pleasure to present Keeping History Alive Through Storytelling to the Preceptor Epsilon Omega Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Kingston on May 14th. There were many positive comments about the local content in both The Medal and Finding Home. Great conversation and...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Dec 17, 2024 | Writing
Disillusioned with his job in a Toronto design firm, Len Senater was seeking a more meaningful direction. When he found a moribund convenience store for sale near his home, he decided to buy it. Being the age of pop-up restaurants and shared working spaces, he hoped...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 31, 2024 | Home Page, Writing
Happy Halloween! Rod Carley, author of Ruff, is pictured here with me at last night’s event at Tir Nan Og. Set in Shakespeare’s England, Ruff uses humour to explore art, politics, gender and other issues that resonate in today’s society. Thank you to...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 8, 2024 | Finding Home, Home Page
Kingston streets were recently transformed into scenes of London, England in 1912 for the filming of 300th episode of Murdoch Mysteries. Yannick Bisson and Helene Joy, along with a few regular cast members and dozens of local “extras” chatted in the white...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 6, 2024 | Finding Home, Miscellaneous, Writing
In 2018 the Canadian government recognized the contributions of the over 100,000 Home Children to Canadian society by proclaiming September 28th British Home Child Day, These waifs, orphans and children from impoverished families were sent to Canada as indentured farm...
