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ODE TO A DEPARTED QUEEN – by Sunimal Perera: Montreal Canada She’s gone now This fluttering spirit of ethereal charm that gave a teetering world of derision caught up in an eternal maelstrom of negative winds a semblance of sanity. The grace and charm so well equipped the essence of goodness so displayed and so arrayed in a visibility that encompassed many continents as multitudes worshiped her memory and wept by the wayside as she passed. the serenity and calming grace she thus displayed through actions which were never swayed by bias and disrespectful space which to a world perhaps in retrospect will never again be so displayed in such a magnitude of overwhelming grace. © Sunimal Perera Montreal Canada Sept.20th. 2022 ...

Memories of St Josephs – Junior Cricket at St Joseph’s Courtesy of Mr Martin De Kauwe ( Montreal, Canada) Having joined St Joseph’s Primary in the early 50’s apart from the regular curricular activities, a very healthy interest in sports even at junior level was instilled into us by some of the masters who took it upon themselves to inculcate a love of sports and get the students involved in many sporting activities of which Cricket and Soccer were the popular ones apart from Tennis, Field Hockey, Swimming and Athletics but it was cricket that caught my eye from the very beginning. The guiding light behind Josephian junior cricket at this time was Mr Martin de Kauwe the master in charge whose tireless efforts can never be forgotten and etched in my memory. And it was Mr De Kauwe’s dedication that inspired my love of the game as I watched him ...