Tag: Basement
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Basement Archeology: Ashtray
Weighing in at 848 grams, this crystal ashtray is from my mother, who in turn inherited from her father. As a child, in the 1960s, I remember buying him cigars for Christmas, each one individually packaged in an aluminum tube. He had a little humidor tucked away in the corner of the dinning room. It…
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Basement Archeology: a Six-Picture History
I found a rotting frame holding six pictures. I was able to retrieve the pictures, but the frame was falling apart, so reluctantly I discarded it. I remember the frame hanging in my grandparent’s home. I never thought too much about it at the time, but looking at it now, I see that my grandmother…
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Basement Archeology: Expo67 Passport
Finding my Expo67 Passport had me recall the year we moved from Vancouver, leaving when school finished in June 1967. Following a brief layover in Toronto, to visit with my grandparents, we arrived in Montreal on or about July 3, 1967. As I recall that summer now, it seems to me that my brother and…
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Home Archeology
Those who have been able to work from home during the Pandemic have realised the gift of more time as they no longer need to commute to and from their place of work. This can easily add up to a couple hours a day. The question is how are these hours filled? Longer work hours?…