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Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home QUOTES

Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home QUOTES

1 " Long past the first official day of spring on the calendar, old man winter slowly loosened his icy grip on the Lanark County farmlands. We waited and watched for the tell-tale signs, hoping that the mercury in the old thermometer would being to move in the right direction. Even as the sap began to drip slowly from our beloved maple trees, the bitter winds blew relentlessly from the north. "

― Arlene Stafford-Wilson , Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home

2 " Unable to record their stories, they told tales of bravery and battles, around blazing fires, and sang songs about bountiful harvests and village heroes as they went about their daily work. These stories and songs were passed down from generation to generation, preserving their history, keeping memories alive. "

― Arlene Stafford-Wilson , Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home

3 " Over the years, the Ompah Stomp developed a reputation of being a wild party. Maybe it was the setting, in a remote rural area, that led people to believe that it was a bit like a country music Woodstock, brimming with sex and drugs. "

― Arlene Stafford-Wilson , Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home

4 " Some of these tales were about the ‘land beneath the waves’. This Irish fable tells of an enchanted world, under the water, and mortals may visit there at dusk, between the rising and the setting of the moon, when the water is still, and reflects like a mirror. They used to call it the ‘gates of glass’. "

― Arlene Stafford-Wilson , Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home

5 " Anyone who encountered her over the years would come to admire the bright light inside of her, almost impossible to extinguish; an inner strength that carried her through those dark days. "

― Arlene Stafford-Wilson , Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home

6 " My generation heard stories of WWII. These were first-hand accounts of the tragedies, the victories, the incredible losses, and of liberty won. We in turn, pass down these stories, reminding the youth of today that democracy is a privilege, and the price for our freedom came at a terrible cost. "

― Arlene Stafford-Wilson , Lanark County Calling: All Roads Lead Home