(updated April 18, 2023)
During the second half of 2022 and into 2023 I continued to submit occasional articles to the Burnt Store Marina Beacon and also worked up a local history presentation for the Pelham Historical Society and contributed to a Centennary book for a local golf course.
May 2022 – Article on the Cuban Tree Frog (Beacon)
June 2022 – Reflections on the homophones Key/Cay/Caye/Ki/Quay (Beacon)
Summer 2022 – Lookout Point Country Club in Fonthill is one of the most prestigious and challenging golf courses in Niagara. Diane and I are dining members and get to occassionally play the course as guests of our grand-daughters. In 2022 the club marked its100th anniversary and decided to produce a high quality coffee table book celebrating its long history. I was recruited by the production team to assist with the early history of Pelham / Fonthill. This turned into a very interesting 50+ hour project. The final product is a great credit to the many people involved in this big undertaking.
October 2022 – PowerPoint presentation to the Pelham Historical Society in Fonthill, Ontario titled The Land at the Crest of the Hill
Part 1 – The early years to 1900. This material was drawn from my extensive research of the early history of the area of Upper Fonthill where we have a home.
December 2022 – Two Happiest Days – I Don’t Think So! – This is a reflection on the mixed emotions of selling our beloved sailboat Soulstice. We had spent 12 wonderful years sailing around Lake Ontario in her. (Beacon)
January 2023 – Burnt Store Road Real Estate in 1887 (Beacon)
February 2023 – The World’s Greatest Navigational Feat (the story of the 1899 voyage of the Warrimoo (Beacon).
February 2023 – The Lines of Latitude and Longitude – book reviews of biographies of Gerard Mercator and John Harrison (Beacon)
February 2023 – Richard S. Hackley: His Ownership and Survey of the Charlotte Harbor Area Two Hundred Years Ago. This was a blog entry for the Punta Gorda History Center –
https://puntagordahistorycenterblog.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-story-of-man-who-owned-charlotte.html
March 2023 – Birthday Greetings – reflections on messages in birthday cards.
April 2023 – In the April Beacon I submitted a series of three related articles on the topics of ChatGPT and Golf Books.
ChatGPT-Are Writers Becoming Obsolete? – this was an overview of this revolutionary new artificial intelligence software.
Golf: If You Can’t Master It, How About Reading About It Instead? – article written by me.
Golf Books by ChatGPT – article generated by ChatGPT based on query composed by me.
April 1, 2023 – The Strange Case of Bill Zurich – blog entry for April Fools day in the Punta Gorda History Center website. One hundred year old tall tale set in the Burnt Store area. Believed to have been written by Wallace Chadman.
https://puntagordahistorycenterblog.blogspot.com/2023/03/
May 2023 – Good Samaritans in Our Midst – The Grand Isles I & II Hurricane Ian Recovery Story (Beacon)