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Growing Up in Vienna – Part 2
School Daze We had 2 elementary schools in Vienna – one Catholic and one Protestant. When my dad was a kid, there was a high school as well, adjacent to the public school. In the early years of public school, we used to do square dancing in the abandoned high school, for phys ed. In…
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Growing up in Vienna – Part 1
Memories from the ‘Burbs Merlyn and Jean Wolfe built a new house and soon had their young family moved in. Life for the young couple soon became intertwined with the community. It was a small village, but relationships with neighbours and friends quickly became inter-dependant. We lived on the corner of a very busy main…
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Rudy
Friendships I have had many friendships in my life. Some over 50 years. In one’s lifetime your circle of friends change. Some as a result of life circumstances, some as a result of shifting world views, some simply as a result of family dynamics. Some friends leave your life and come back later, like nothing…
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The Night The Lights Went Out And A Family Was Changed Forever
The Night the Lights Went Out I can’t pinpoint the specific date, but I was likely about 12 years old. The bus had dropped off high school students in front of Les Brown’s Hardware store. The sky was dark and threatened rain. There was a visitor at our house having a business discussion with my…
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The Wonder of Little Boys
The Grandfatherhood I am finally a Grandfather. Put me in coach – I have been training for this all my life. We were blessed with our first grandchild this week, thanks to my amazing daughter Lauren and equally amazing son-in-law Mark. It goes without saying that little Benjamin is the most handsome, amazing, athletic, intelligent,…
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Becoming Doc
The Storyteller Rick Seys and I have been best friends since 1981. We met on the steps of the Bell Canada switching hub on Clarence St in London Ontario. It is a 4 story gray stone slab building, double wide brass frame and glass doors and landscaping that looked like it came right out of…
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Ukraine – Feelings of Inadequacy
How to Even Comprehend I vowed this blog would not be a forum for political discourse. But I need to rant. I have lived a charmed life, all things considered. I have never lived in a war zone. I have never gone hungry. I have always had a place to sleep and feel safe. I…
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When a Man Loves a Woman and A Life About to Change
Humble Beginnings My father Merlyn was not the adventurous type. He was the 4th of 6 children of parents Bessie and Clarence Wolfe and had grown up just outside of Vienna on a beef farm. The furthest he moved from the family farm was about 5 miles. Dad was a momma’s boy and a committed…
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A Call to Arms
Handling Firearms It was not unusual when I was a kid for a father to introduce his son to hunting at an early age. After all, rabbits, pheasants and deer were a means to an end in self sufficiency in lean times. My dad bought me a BB gun/air rifle for my 9th birthday and…
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A Beginning
An Introduction Welcome to Wolfeish Musings, a forum to share stories of my life past and present, travels, anecdotes, experiences, insights, funny moments and more. I hope to keep the topics light and fun and possibly a little nostalgic. Perhaps it will spur others to share similar memories. Early Years I grew up in a…
