Tammy Lowe
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Gather round. It’s Storytime. Today, I’ll take you to Japan. Lost in Translation. Bill Murray won an Oscar playing Bob Harris—a washed up...
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Tammy Lowe
- 2 days ago
- 2 min
Story Time...
Here’s a bedtime story for you... We’re in Australia. We wake up early one morning to scale the Sydney Harbour Bridge. After a safety...
Tammy Lowe
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
I recently stayed in the picturesque Alsace region of France. Every town looked straight out of a fairytale. While visiting Strasbourg, I...
Tammy Lowe
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Story Time...
I have a story that has become a family classic. Christmas Day. 1992. I'm 21 years old. My husband, (then boyfriend) Gord, and I get back...
Tammy Lowe
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
Kijongdong, North Korea Grab a cup of afternoon tea. Today I'm going to take you to Kijongdong, North Korea. But first, let me tell you...
Tammy Lowe
- 7 days ago
- 1 min
Story Time...
A long time ago, when the gods were still roaming around Earth, there was a young Spartan prince named Hyancinthus. Hyancinthus was super...
Tammy Lowe
- Sep 19
- 4 min
Story Time...
By Nhl4hamilton (Rick Cordeiro) - Own work, Public Domain In a park, overlooking the picturesque Burlington Bay, the British set up a...
Tammy Lowe
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
Gather round for story time! Actually...hop into my little golf cart because today I'm taking you to the Palace of Versailles. We...
Tammy Lowe
- Sep 19
- 2 min
Story Time...
Gather round for story-time. Here’s a beautiful one for all you dog-lovers. 1850’s Scotland. A gardener named John Gray moved to...
Tammy Lowe
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
My lovely neighbour gave me some rhubarb from her garden, which made me wonder if you knew about its interesting history...so gather...
Tammy Lowe
- Sep 17
- 1 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
Flowers from my garden The frilly white flower to the right of the blush-coloured rose is a scabiosa. Scabiosa? Why-oh-why does such a...
Tammy Lowe
- Sep 17
- 2 min
Story Time...
Gather round for story time! The three of us are alone, marching single file through a jungle path on some tiny, mysterious island off of...
Tammy Lowe
- Aug 19
- 2 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
Today, I'm going to take you to a spot you'll most likely recognize from the news: The DMZ and the Joint Security Area (JSA). DMZ stands...
Tammy Lowe
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
Snapshots Of The Past, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Everyone’s heard of Charles the Great— Charlemagne. But, Charlie had a son,...
Tammy Lowe
- Aug 16
- 2 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
Gather round if you’d like. I’ll tell you a little tale. Nestled deep in the alps, next to a shining lake, a picturesque town has existed...
Tammy Lowe
- Aug 8
- 4 min
Story Time...
John William Waterhouse - Echo and Narcissus (Public Domain) Grab a cup of tea and come along for story time, if you'd like! Once again,...
Tammy Lowe
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Story Time...
We are somewhere in rural China in the Sichuan province. It’s the three of us, our guide, ”Julie”, and our driver. We are hours from...
Tammy Lowe
- Aug 5
- 4 min
Story Time...
In the 8th century B.C., an old, blind Greek man named Homer wrote a poem. It was --both literally and figuratively-- an epic one. Meant...
Tammy Lowe
- Aug 4
- 1 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
My husband and I wished on our wishbone and look what happened! Luckily, I know the basic ins and outs of wish-making. So, here's your...
Tammy Lowe
- Aug 3
- 1 min
Interesting Fact of the Day...
Here's your interesting fact of the day: Jolly old St. Nick. Standing in front of a shrine to St. Nicholas with our historian in...
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