I was downsizing when it happened. There comes a time when “stuff” has to be sorted and sometimes discarded. Photographs were on the purging list, and I decided to look over albums and loose photos belonging to Conrad, my late husband. He grew up on a farm on the outskirts of Thedford, Ontario, where the Sitter family specialized in growing Dutch set onions, celery and peppermint.
From the pile, I picked up a black-and-white photo of three