tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208793704610624137.post6602726989666513629..comments2024-03-27T22:33:13.755-07:00Comments on Views From Mount Dunbar: A big life rememberedCarol Volkarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04521488915030152289noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208793704610624137.post-33616092812804648442016-06-30T08:38:16.512-07:002016-06-30T08:38:16.512-07:00Love it! I think you and John need to write up th...Love it! I think you and John need to write up these newspaper anecdotes. The photo of that guy's messy desk was brilliant...does John have a lot of that kind of stuff?Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022618167147625186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208793704610624137.post-46706445657376455222016-06-29T23:00:49.474-07:002016-06-29T23:00:49.474-07:00Doug Milroy was city editor -- or maybe assistant ...Doug Milroy was city editor -- or maybe assistant city editor -- at the Edmonton Journal when Rod and I were both young reporters there. Like many of the people in newsrooms at the time, he was quite eccentric. He threatened to fire me the first day on the job because I spelled his name wrong!Carol Volkarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521488915030152289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208793704610624137.post-42919621440567967652016-06-29T21:37:43.685-07:002016-06-29T21:37:43.685-07:00Glad to see I'm not completely talking to myse...Glad to see I'm not completely talking to myself but "surviving Milroy" is a bit mysterious....please explain!Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022618167147625186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208793704610624137.post-49849208759399019302016-06-29T10:47:35.549-07:002016-06-29T10:47:35.549-07:00Well observed, Carol! Though we did survive Milroy...Well observed, Carol! Though we did survive Milroy…..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893563462537825620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5208793704610624137.post-74047940679855316432016-06-29T09:05:16.740-07:002016-06-29T09:05:16.740-07:00Yes, we are very fortunate to lead wonderfully du...Yes, we are very fortunate to lead wonderfully dull lives. When travelling we try to go to places that are memorials for man's inhumanity to man like Auschwitz and the Museum of Occupations in Riga, Latvia. It seems the least we can do given our incredible privilege.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022618167147625186noreply@blogger.com