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Budapest, “The City of Statues”

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

Following the M-1 freeway in our rented Opel Vectra station wagon, the four of us breezed in to Budapest, a

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The Real Santa’s Workshop…Sieffen, Germany

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

Do you know where Santa’s workshop is? Since we were tiny tots we were told that it’s up at the

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Don’t Miss Costa Rica’s Amazing Wildlife!

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

From the screeching Scarlet Macaws preparing to fly each day at 3:00 p.m. along the pristine black sand beaches of

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Personal ExperienceWriting Samples

Cogs, Balance Springs and Pistons

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

Did you know that there are several “Swiss watch connections” with regards to automobiles? Discounting, of course, the watches most

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Personal ExperienceWriting Samples

Do you have a knife in your bag?

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

My face dropped, and there was an eerie silence as other travelers having their bags checked and X-ray scanned, all

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Personal ExperienceWriting Samples

Whack, Zip, Zap! What did I cut now?

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

Whack, zip, zap! The ride-on lawnmower sliced through the high weeds that bordered our property and the neighbours, with the

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Finding a good wristwatch…

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

As a seventeen-year old teenager the last thing I wanted to do on a hot July day, was work. Especially

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Cup Holders

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

Philosophically speaking, the transition from glove compartment trays to cup Holders is an example of how our culture has changed

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Snowmen Galore!

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

She never imagined that what started innocently as making Christmas gifts for the children, would turn out to be a

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Historical SketchesWriting Samples

Another Heritage House Fills the Trash Bin! (Part two)

April 10, 2017Gordon Ficke

After living in the McKellar house for 31 years, Milton and Eva Gorman decided that it was time to move

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