Miscellaneous items I found interesting this week.
- The OGS Leeds and Grenville Branch is hosting a Zoom presentation on “The Untold Stories on Cenotaphs.”
- Ancestry has updated its Find a Grave Index for numerous regions, including Germany, Canada, and Australia.
- New access to the early Archives of Ontario RG 1-100 Patent Plans has been detailed by Ken McKinlay.
- A Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging reported that strategies like physical activity, healthy body weight, and social wellness can help older adults regain optimal well-being.
- A complete reading of “November!” by Thomas Hood.
The Untold Stories on Cenotaphs
On Monday evening, at 7:00 pm via Zoom, a timely presentation for OGS Leeds and Grenville Branch by Blake Seward,
Irish Accent Challenge
Ancestry updates Find a Grave Index Updates
End of month updates for Germany, Norway, Sweden, Global, Italy, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, and Mexico,
Archives of Ontario RG 1-100 Patent Plans Update
Ken McKinlay has posted a highly detailed description of the new access to these early Ontario land records.
Reclaiming wellness: Key factors in restoring optimal well-being in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
According to this study reported in PLOS One, one-quarter of older adults with suboptimal well-being can improve to the point of regaining optimal well-being. Strategies for regaining optimal well-being include engaging in an active and healthy lifestyle —such as maintaining a healthy body weight, not smoking, becoming physically active, finding ways to address sleep problems, preventing and managing chronic diseases, maintaining psychological and emotional wellness, and fostering social wellness.
A poem by Thomas Hood
No sun – no moon!
No morn – no noon –
No dawn – no dusk – no proper time of day.
No sky – no earthly view –
No distance looking blue –
No road – no street – no “t’other side this way” –
No end to any Row –
No indications where the Crescents go –
No top to any steeple –
No recognitions of familiar people –
No courtesies for showing ‘em –
No knowing ‘em!
No traveling at all – no locomotion –
No inkling of the way – no notion –
“No go” by land or ocean –
No mail – no post –
No news from any foreign coast –
No park, no ring – no afternoon gentility –
No company – no nobility –
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member –
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds,
November!
Thanks to the following individuals for their comments and tips: Alison Hare, Ann Burns, Basil Adam, Brenda Turner, Glenn Wright, John Webb, Ken McKinlay, Kyla Ubbink, Leslie Anderson, and Unknown.
