pittance of time

On November 11, 1999 Terry Kelly was in a Shoppers Drug Mart store in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. At 10:55 AM an announcement came over the store's PA asking customers who would still be of the premises at 11:00 AM to give two minutes of silence in respect to the veterans who have sacrificed so much for us. Terry was impressed with the store's leadership role in adopting the Legion's "two minutes of silence" initiative. He felt that the store's contribution of educating the public to the importance of remembering was commendable . When eleven o'clock arrived on that day, an announcement was again made asking for the "two minutes of silence" to commence . All customers, with the exception of a man who was accompanied by his young child, showed their respect. Terry's anger towards the father for trying to engage the store's clerk in conversation and for setting a bad example for his child was later channeled into a beautiful piece of work called, "A Pittance of Time".
http://www.terry-kelly.com/pittance/eng ... lyrics.htm

Good on ya for putting that up.
Saw it this morning and it's quite moving.

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Thanks for posting that wullu

I love that song...

Beautiful...

Lily - would you mind emailing those to me? Obviously I've seen the writings before, but never on such beautiful artwork. Thanks!!

If you are new to the First World War - or are rusty after many years since history class - the reasons for the so-called 'Great War' can be shrouded in confusion.

The Second World War was rather more straightforward: no questions there who did what and who was at fault.

This website contains much material based in and around the events of World War One - but if you are unsure how it began and who did what, well, where to begin? http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm

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