Crowning moments are not the attainment of goals,
but the journeys that take us there.

Most of the lines below, regardless of colour, are links.  .   Click on them for information.

    David
    Rutherford
    Dickson

    (1919 - 1992)
Montreal, Quebec
McGill, then RCAF
Married - 1942
Taught Navigation
Commonwealth ATP
Ferry Command, Flt Lt
RAF 214 Bomber Sq.
Queen's - BCom. '49
Fed. Dept. of Revenue
Pontiac Printshop Ltd.
Horses were a hobby
Sailing was a passion -
Navigated by the stars
Retired in 1984
Then we went sailing.
Rosaleen Diana Leslie Dickson
. . . a product of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Halifax Ladies College - (Ambrae Academy)
The Lincoln School, Columbia University.
Guilford College, North Carolina, BA Psych.
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, MJ.
Memories of THE EQUITY, Shawville, Que.
Local Heroes - Ottawa Business Journal.
"Ask Great Granny" -     Aging Horizons.
International Statistical Conference.
The National Press Club of Canada.

"Old Folks at Home on the World Wide Web."
Computer Communication; Not just another pencil - Thesis.
"Cyberqueen" - by Sharon Rockey, in the North Bay Record.
Ryerson University, Toronto - print journalism instructor.
"Need to know," In "True North Perspective" by Carl Dow.

Every once in a while, I write a book:
"The Dickson and Leslie Family Histories" with David.
"Freenet For the Fun of It" with Pierre Bourque.
"HTML - The Basic Book" with Rony Aoun.
"The Mother in Law Book" from Ask Great Granny.

I also edit books that I find especially interesting:
"Avenging in the Shadows - 214 Squaron RAF" - Ron James.
"Adventures of a Paper Sleuth" - Hugh P. MacMillan.
"A Theatre Near You" - Alain Miguelez.
"For the Love of TREES" - R. Hinchcliff and R. Popadiouk.
"Once Upon a Story" - Ellie Marshall's Glace Bay memoirs.

About my father, Kenneth Leslie.
Some of his poetry downloaded by Arthur Wendover.

Excerpts from: "The Dickson-Leslie Family Histories."
"New Canadian Books and other good books."


"Great Scot!"
We'd rather be sailing . . .

 

Daily Invention

Life is a perpetual challenge,
Exponentially growing with age.
"Old Age" is a book with no index,
A new language on every page.

There isn't a list of instructions,
You have to find your own way.
No day can be taken for granted;
Each one is like no other day.
                                        (rd)

Me, at my computer.
Our children:

David Ross
PhD. Cambridge
Publishing
"The Hill Times"
- Diana Bracegirdle -

Jennifer Leslie
Law. Ottawa U.
Management
Consultant
Leslie Enterprises

Elizabeth Putnam
PhD. Rockefeller
Health Science
Research
Music

Marjorie Monteith
MA Ed. McGill
Teaching
Antiques
- Peter Bayfield -

Charles Rutherford
MSc. LSE, London
International
Development

- Erica Phipps -

Andrew Moir
MBA. Ottawa U.
Radio - "MyFM"
Printing, Publishing
- Karen Williamson -

Their children

Ross: (with Heather Alberti)
    Leslie Maria Dickson
    David Alberti Dickson

Jennifer: (w. Peter Cotton)
    Christina Jane Matthews
    Matthew Ross Dickson
Jennifer: (w. John Matthews)
    Tamara Leslie Matthews
    Elizabeth Marjorie Matthews

Marjorie: (w. Ronald Burke)
    Kathryn Leslie Burke
    Michael Bruce Burke
    Daniel Rutherford Burke

Charles: (w. Tineke Kuijper)
    Anne Sophia Kuijper Dickson
    Willem Arthur Kuijper Dickson
    Kenneth Alexander Kuijper Dickson
Charles -- w. Erica Phipps
    Thomas Andrew Phipps Dickson.
    Eric Rutherford Phipps Dickson
    Audrey Estelle Phipps Dickson

Andrew -- w. Karen Williamson
    Sarah Diana Dickson
    Katherine Moir McGregor Dickson
    Emma Rosaleen Wallace Dickson

    Their children's children

        Christa -- w. Steve Hannah
            Isaac Gaelen Matthews-Hanna
            Oliver Gabriel Matthews-Hanna

        Matthew: (w. Nancy Maynard)
            Caleb Peter Michael Dickson
        Matthew -- w. Beth Schilling
            Benjamin Joseph Solomon Dickson
            Satinka Schilling
            Kelly Margaret Schilling

        Tamara: (w. Steve Woods)
            Elijah Matthew Woods
            Aiden Ross Woods.

        Leslie -- w. Jason Barton
            Owen Ross Barton
            Tessa James Dickson Barton

            Recent arrivals

               
                Tessa Dickson Barton and
                Audrey Phipps Dickson

The Board of Directors

Charles, Peter, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Andrew, Ross
Erica, Marjorie, Rosaleen, Karen, Diana.


Every day I thank God and David for this awesome family of truly great Canadians.
Thanksgiving Day, 2007, at Charlie's farm in the Pontiac. Photo by Elizabeth (lower right insert).

       

Interesting Web sites of friends and relatives:
Marjorie Dickson Antiques in Canada
David Chernushenko Living Lightly
Russell McOrmond Flora Community
Elaine Kenney Communication Matter
Andrew Dickson Custom Printers, Renfrew Ltd
Carl Dow True North Perspective
Pierre Bourque NewsWatch
Patrick Meikle Anabel Associates


The Mother-in-Law Book    Based on "Ask Great Granny" - the on-going computer-mediated phenomenon.     Mothers and wives generally learn early to live and let live, for the benefit of the men they care for. But also sprinkled profusely about the population are those who can't manage the generosity of spirit needed for such co-operation. These are the people about whom the tired old "mother in law" jokes are written, and who send letters to advice columnists for help. This book is based on letters from mothers and wives who haven't yet figured out how to manage their delicate relationship.     The reader will not agree with all the suggestions made by Great Granny in her replies to letters she receives. They are not intended as directions or rules of procedure, just random ideas to help troubled people think through their own problems. Many alternate solutions come to mind and in thinking through these other ideas, the best for each individual case might be found. Most mature women, and the wives of their sons, are able to achieve good relations for the sake of the man they both love, and all the other family members involved. This book is dedicated to those who are still working on it.
General Store Publishing House. ISBN#1-897113-30-7 Available from any book store  $20
Freenet
For the Fun of It

Getting connected and making friends on the Internet. A great book to give friends who are beginning to get acquainted with freenet. Explains email, newsgroups, gossiping online, and hundreds of places you'll be welcome. Co-author, Pierre Bourque, is Ottawa's most prolific computer columnist. His research into the best of the Internet takes you around the world "for the fun of it".
This book was published in 1995. Some of the phone numbers and other references are out of date, but it is still a useful book for beginners and packed with good stuff. It sold for $14.95 in the book stores, but I'll sent you one for $10 and I'll pay the postage!
To order, see below.

HTML The Basic Book
Hyper Text Markup Languagefor people who would rather Do it than Read about it.

Accents, colour charts, links, blinking features, borders, tables, images and lots more. Co-author, Rony Aoun, is a computer programer. With this primer you can handle your own material on the world wide web. It's spiral bound to lie flat beside your computer for instant reference.

            Send cheque or money order to:
            Rosaleen Dickson, 201-500 Laurier Ave West
            Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1R 5E1

            I'll send you the book by return mail, and I'll pay the postage.
            Freenet For the Fun of It $10, HTML The Basic Book $10
            (Canadian funds inside Canada. U.S. funds outside Canada.)

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