Category: family
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Byron Cazier Palmer had a great laugh, a kind heart, a rational mind and a questing soul. He grew up in a small town in southern Alberta, Canada, became a civil engineer specializing in water, and worked all over the world: in Canada, the United States, Venezuela, Colombia and Kenya. He was the kind of…
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My mother Irene would be the first to blame good genes for her longevity. After all, her mother, Yvonne, lived to 105, and Yvonne traveled independently until she was about 102, visiting kids, grandkids and greatgrandkids all over Canada and the United States. I think Irene’s love of life and curiosity about the world may…
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I never know where a conversation will go with my mother Irene. She can talk music. She can talk politics. She can talk literature. She can talk spirituality. She can talk travel. And, of course, history. Today, we hit a little bit on all those topics, but my favorite conversation came when I asked her…