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Writer & Historian

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Musings

Life’s Little Pleasures – A Covid Comment

By Ron Verzuh

In the midst of the Covid crisis and the Oregon wildfires came seven little kittens. Leola caught me enjoying one of life’s little pleasures...
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Halloween Visitors – A Photo Memory

By Ron Verzuh

Halloween is usually a quiet affair in our suburban neighborhood. Last year we had a dozen kids. This year we had four, but two...
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My Covid-19 Heroine – An Appreciation

By Ron Verzuh

“At long last , we have finally made a truly game-changing scientific breakthrough in preventing the spread of COVID-19. We have found a disease-control...
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Golden City Yarns – A Book Review

By Ron Verzuh

Ron Shearer, Chicanery, Civility & Celebrations: Tales of Early Rossland (Rossland: Rossland Heritage Commission, 2019), 170 pages, $24.95 (paper). Kootenay history buffs have long...
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Follow the Black Cat – A Book Review

By Ron Verzuh

Graphic History Collective, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada (Toronto: Between the Lines, 2019), large format, 60...
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Africa

Freedom Day on Robben Island

By Ron Verzuh

January 28, 2011

Robben Island. April 28, 2008. One day after Freedom Day. It fell on a Sunday this year, giving South Africans the Monday off. Getting to the island is harder than usual with the crowds of families flocking to the popular historical spot. They are enjoying a sunny annual national holiday that marks the day...
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