Gilberts: Author Doris Parkin Keil, a life of note

After discussing The Ploughboy and the Nightingale last week, we promised more about its author Doris Parkin Keil. We knew her daughter was a Bradley, so we turned to the Bradley family for help. Thanks so much to Lauren and her father, Brock Bradley, who were happy to give me details and share memories of their grandmother and great-grandmother.Doris Arvilla Parkin was born on Nov. 8, 1900 and lived most of her life in Chatham-Kent. Nevertheless, she was a world traveller and endlessly curious