French carpenter Gaspard Boucher of the town Mortagne in the province of Perche landed in Quebec in 1634 or 1635. His oldest son Pierre was thirteen. Gaspard worked for Jesuits on their farm at Notre-Dame-des-Anges. Pierre received his education from…
As we continued “On the Traces of Pierre Boucher,” we visited the city of Trois-Rivières, also along the St. Lawrence River. The stop at Trois-Rivières was the main reason I wanted to go on the four-day bus tour after the Boucherville…
As we gathered in the hotel lobby before heading to the Old North Church in Boston, I tried to get directions. A hotel employee who didn’t seem to know for sure himself how to get there tried to help me in…
As I said yesterday, the next part of our story may seem obvious, but it took several years for us to realize what we should do next. Middle School Curriculum. During those early years, parents would ask us if they…
During the first couple of weeks of January, I enjoyed spending days and days online with our son John as we got several curricula ready for new printing runs. As we flipped through our American history for elementary students, I…
Again, Ray and I are deeply grateful for your fervent prayers and your kind encouragements. He is more tired than usual, while being faithful, grateful, and upbeat. He has finished four radiation treatments with 22 to go. We are enjoying…
