By Carolyn Kosowan – Creston, B.C. (click here to listen to this article) Fergie the cat lives in our neighbourhood with his family. There is mom, dad, and kids, Isabella, Jefferson and Zoey. Lately, he [more…]
By Nancy Loucks-McSloy – London, Ont. I’ve had several discussions and have seen many comments on social media about cursive writing and that it is not taught in schools anymore. It has made me think about [more…]
Submitted by Kendall Gibson – Lethbridge, Alta. The letter below was written to our mother, Marjorie, June 8, 1944, two days after the D-Day invasion at Normandy. We found it 70 years later, in 2014, [more…]
By Dale Huston – Nanaimo, B.C. I came into the world kicking with two feet seriously clubbed and dislocated. Because of this, every morning and evening of my first four years, my mother would twist my [more…]
By Terry Grover – Penhold, Alta. I was favoured with two older brothers, Dennis and Gerald, and a younger sister, Karen. We all had chores to do at our home south of Hays, Alta. For [more…]
By Marlene Eddy Gray – Abbotsford, B.C. In 1950, my parents, David and Margaret Eddy were farming a large acreage at 590 Johnston Road in Sullivan, B.C., on the northwest corner of what is now [more…]
By Shirley Farthing – Saskatoon, Sask. As a child, I thought my mother was the most knowledgeable person in the whole wide world. She knew the answers to all my questions like, “why is the sky [more…]
By Ernie Reimer – Fort St. John, B.C. I was hobby farmer, sure. An apiarist? No way. I tried to be though and it almost cost me dearly. Somehow, we, as supposedly superior beings, have never [more…]
By Fay Morningstar – Stoney Creek, Ont. I sometimes find it difficult to know if I’m a country girl or a city girl. My birth certificate says I was born in Saskatchewan, so I must [more…]
By Joanne Rawluk – Gypsumville, Man. It was in 1945 that my dad, a five-year veteran of the Second World War, returned home to his wife and three children, ages eight, six, and five. He tried [more…]
By Millie Duncan – Killam, Alta. It was 1951 and at nine years old, I’d just learned in school how to write a friendly letter. I’d determined I would write to my cousin in Canora, Sask. [more…]
By Dick Moody – Huntsville, Ont. My brother and I were named after two uncles who died in the first World War. I was named after my father’s brother, Richard Moody, who served in the British [more…]
By Effie Thornton – Hanna, Alta. School days often come to mind, along with many of the old-time phrases of the time. I vividly remember one the young people liked to use: “Stubborn as a [more…]
By Edven Torgerson – Turtleford, Sask. In the mid-1950s, when I was in my teens, we were living at the homestead of Nels and Maria Anderson. We used to live in the hills about 15 [more…]
By Ione Skafte – Lethbridge, Alta. At least twice a year, we traveled from Lethbridge to Speers, Sask., to visit my husband’s family. We usually did this in the summer. We’d spend a couple of [more…]
By Doris (Russell) Anderson – Grenfell, Sask. Many years ago, I received a registered letter summoning me to jury service. I was instantly petrified! I’d received teacher’s training and it was often a challenge to [more…]
By Sylvia Williams – Summerland, B.C. The Second World War began in 1939 and that same year, I left home in northeastern Alberta to attend Alberta College in Edmonton. I was just 14 years old. My [more…]
By Barb Gonie – Pierceland, Sask. The cold wind howled at the window and I decided to work indoors as the hall closet needed cleaning. I pulled a dusty shoebox from the top shelf and [more…]
By Gordon Phillips – Surrey, B.C. After graduating from Vancouver Normal School, I wrote about 25 applications for a teaching position and received no answers. At that time in 1941, the military was looking for [more…]
By June Chamberland – Prince George, B.C. I’ve been sitting outside in the warm sunshine, reminiscing about the “good old days” on the farm in Manitoba. I recall the tinkling of cow bells from out [more…]
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