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Cooksville Creek: A History of Saul’s Creek and the Saul Family in Port Credit

Cooksville Creek: A History of Saul’s Creek and the Saul Family in Port Credit

We now know it as Cooksville Creek, but from the 1800s to the 1960s it was known as Saul’s Creek. A lively little waterway, it meandered through lands owned by Hugh W. Saul. The creek runs 16 km from near Bristol Road to Lake Ontario. This watershed has been

Islands of Genius in a Sea of Ordinary Life

Islands of Genius in a Sea of Ordinary Life

In the 5th hour of the 5th day of the 5th month of the 5th year of this new millennium my mother died. Perhaps she was making it easy for me to remember. Nonetheless, she would have liked the numerical symmetry of it. Her interior or innate wiring was a

Strangers on a Train; Or How I Met Your Father

Strangers on a Train; Or How I Met Your Father

Looking back, I now see that trains and train stations have been a constant backdrop in my life — hours of commuting to high school, travelling to and from university, going to visit my parents when we lived in different regions of Italy. It was on one of these trips from