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    McGregor Says The Seasons Go Around and Around: McGregor Says, #2
    McGregor Says Hold On to Your Small Town Values: McGregor Says, #3
    McGregor Says Special Days Make Lasting Memories: McGregor Says, #1
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    McGregor Says Series

    By Jim McGregor

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    About this series

    I live two miles from the hospital where I was born. I am one child of a family of six raised by a milkman and a stay-at-home mother. My schools were close enough to walk to and my paper route was long but easy to pedal,and I never missed a customer.I worked on farmer's fields and nailed shakes to carpenter's new homes. I pumped gasoline when you had to check the oil and clean the windshield. I was part owner of a family tire business with my uncle and progressed from an eager young volunteer firefighter to eventually retire as the Fire Chief of my community.I became a writer for a local newspaper that gave me an opportunity to share some stories and begin a new career and meet many new people.Along the way, I would never have accomplished anything without the help of family, friends, teachers, and mentors, each of them instilling in me the honesty and integrity of their small town values. That is where my stories come from.This collection of stories is for your reading pleasure. Among them, I hope you find a memory or a long forgotten lesson.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrystal Lake Press
    Release dateDec 5, 2017
    McGregor Says The Seasons Go Around and Around: McGregor Says, #2
    McGregor Says Hold On to Your Small Town Values: McGregor Says, #3
    McGregor Says Special Days Make Lasting Memories: McGregor Says, #1

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    • 1

      McGregor Says Special Days Make Lasting Memories: McGregor Says, #1
      McGregor Says Special Days Make Lasting Memories: McGregor Says, #1

      McGregor Says Special Days Make Lasting Memories: McGregor Says, #1

      Jim McGregor
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      When we sort through our old black and white family photos, scroll down our Facebook pages or thumb through the albums on our phones, we always stop at the memories of Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, the Valentine’s, Dance or the Halloween party. The special days of our lives bring together family and friends, in some cases only once a year, and we watch children grow, fashions change, or people come and go from our lives. The stories collected here have been chosen from weekly newspaper columns written over a ten-year period and, while they are pulled from the memories of the author, they will resonate with anyone who has grown up surrounded by family. Travelling home for Christmas, choosing a Halloween costume, making a Mother’s Day card or planning a Canada Day picnic are experiences most of us have had and hopefully a phrase or a sentence in this book will transport the reader back to a snow-covered road, a country kitchen table, or the memory of that perfect Christmas tree.

      When we sort through our old black and white family photos, scroll down our Facebook pages or thumb through the albums on our phones, we always stop at the memories of Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, the Valentine’s, Dance or the Halloween party. The special days of our lives bring together family and friends, in some cases only once a year, and we watch children grow, fashions change, or people come and go from our lives. The stories collected here have been chosen from weekly newspaper columns written over a ten-year period and, while they are pulled from the memories of the author, they will resonate with anyone who has grown up surrounded by family. Travelling home for Christmas, choosing a Halloween costume, making a Mother’s Day card or planning a Canada Day picnic are experiences most of us have had and hopefully a phrase or a sentence in this book will transport the reader back to a snow-covered road, a country kitchen table, or the memory of that perfect Christmas tree.

    • 2

      McGregor Says The Seasons Go Around and Around: McGregor Says, #2
      McGregor Says The Seasons Go Around and Around: McGregor Says, #2

      McGregor Says The Seasons Go Around and Around: McGregor Says, #2

      Jim McGregor
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      I have photos of a maple tree in my back yard taken in different seasons. A bare November tree, a January tree covered in snow, an April tree sporting new green leaves, and a September tree painted in browns, yellows, and oranges. It has taught me to change gracefully as I move through the seasons of my life. The stories collected here have been chosen from weekly newspaper columns written over a twelve year period and they show that each time of year provides a different set of memories. I hope you will find yourself shaking your hands vigorously to get the circulation back after building a snowman or having a snowball fight. Maybe you will feel the shock of the cold lake water as you dive off the dock on a hot summer day. Perhaps you will feel the strain in your back and the dirt under your fingernails after spending a spring day planting your vegetable garden. Maybe you will smell the smoke coming from the pile of burning leaves on a crisp October afternoon.

      I have photos of a maple tree in my back yard taken in different seasons. A bare November tree, a January tree covered in snow, an April tree sporting new green leaves, and a September tree painted in browns, yellows, and oranges. It has taught me to change gracefully as I move through the seasons of my life. The stories collected here have been chosen from weekly newspaper columns written over a twelve year period and they show that each time of year provides a different set of memories. I hope you will find yourself shaking your hands vigorously to get the circulation back after building a snowman or having a snowball fight. Maybe you will feel the shock of the cold lake water as you dive off the dock on a hot summer day. Perhaps you will feel the strain in your back and the dirt under your fingernails after spending a spring day planting your vegetable garden. Maybe you will smell the smoke coming from the pile of burning leaves on a crisp October afternoon.

    • 3

      McGregor Says Hold On to Your Small Town Values: McGregor Says, #3
      McGregor Says Hold On to Your Small Town Values: McGregor Says, #3

      McGregor Says Hold On to Your Small Town Values: McGregor Says, #3

      Jim McGregor
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      I live two miles from the hospital where I was born. I am one child of a family of six raised by a milkman and a stay-at-home mother. My schools were close enough to walk to and my paper route was long but easy to pedal,and I never missed a customer.I worked on farmer's fields and nailed shakes to carpenter's new homes. I pumped gasoline when you had to check the oil and clean the windshield. I was part owner of a family tire business with my uncle and progressed from an eager young volunteer firefighter to eventually retire as the Fire Chief of my community.I became a writer for a local newspaper that gave me an opportunity to share some stories and begin a new career and meet many new people.Along the way, I would never have accomplished anything without the help of family, friends, teachers, and mentors, each of them instilling in me the honesty and integrity of their small town values. That is where my stories come from.This collection of stories is for your reading pleasure. Among them, I hope you find a memory or a long forgotten lesson.

      I live two miles from the hospital where I was born. I am one child of a family of six raised by a milkman and a stay-at-home mother. My schools were close enough to walk to and my paper route was long but easy to pedal,and I never missed a customer.I worked on farmer's fields and nailed shakes to carpenter's new homes. I pumped gasoline when you had to check the oil and clean the windshield. I was part owner of a family tire business with my uncle and progressed from an eager young volunteer firefighter to eventually retire as the Fire Chief of my community.I became a writer for a local newspaper that gave me an opportunity to share some stories and begin a new career and meet many new people.Along the way, I would never have accomplished anything without the help of family, friends, teachers, and mentors, each of them instilling in me the honesty and integrity of their small town values. That is where my stories come from.This collection of stories is for your reading pleasure. Among them, I hope you find a memory or a long forgotten lesson.

    Author

    Jim McGregor

    Jim McGregor was born and raised in Langley, B.C. and retired as Fire Chief after a thirty-six year career with the Langley City Fire-Rescue Service. His writing has been published in articles, magazines, and competitions. Jim has also co-authored a fiction novel, as well as poetry and children’s books. He currently writes a weekly column for the Langley Times and Okanogan Advertiser newspapers. Hold On to Your Small Town Values is the third book in the McGregor Says Series.

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