Recipes
Christmas Chrunches
From Gail Prior – Penticton, B.C. 1 cup chocolate chips 1 cup butterscotch chips 1 cup dry chow mein noodles 1 cup unsalted peanuts Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in a large glass bowl over [continue…]
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Peaches & Cream French Toast
From C. Thorburn – Shellbrook, Sask. 3 eggs, beaten 3⁄4 cup half-and-half cream 1⁄3 cup peach jam 6 slices french bread, 1-1⁄4-inch thick 3 tbsp peach jam or peach pie filling 1⁄4 – 1⁄2 cup [continue…]
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Brown-Eyed Susan Cookies
From Daisy Procure – Lethbridge, Alta. Cookies 1 cup margarine 2 cups flour 3 tbsp sugar 1⁄2 tsp salt 1 tsp almond extract Cream the margarine, add the remaining ingredients. Roll level tablespoonfuls of mixture into [continue…]
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Little One
By Lillian (Rafuse) (Reisinger) Crowe – Berwyn, Alta. He was only known as “little one” As he faithfully worked from sun to sun, Trudging thru’ every kind of day, Carrying pots, or wood or hay. [continue…]
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Winter
By Donna Kucheraway – Mundare, Alta. Deep falling snow covered the long lane where the imprint of the sleigh had gone. Horse tracks cut deep into the snow. The pure white falling snow, covered the [continue…]
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Footprints
By Bernice Douglas – Carnduff, Sask. Once upon a time When I was just a lad, I longed to be all grown up And work beside my dad. He had boots that were oh, so [continue…]
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God’s Precious Cherubs
By Theresa Brassard – Prince Albert, Sask. As you walk along the streets each day You see many kinds of people For some are short and some are tall And some are very cripple. The [continue…]
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Memories of Christmas Past!
By Mary Torgerson – Grande Prairie, Alta. My memories of years gone by Of Christmas Eve so glad Are all very special ones Not all were good, some very sad! I remember coming home from [continue…]
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Autumn Leaves
By Alder Cranton – Hanna, Alta. Pretty yellow leaves Playing in the sun How nice it is to leave our tree And join in Autumn fun So please Mr. Gardener Put your rake away Until we’ve had [continue…]
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Puppy
By John Klassen – Regina, Sask. The lovely brown eyes In that fluffy ball of fur, He must have come from heaven, That you know for sure. While he’s asleep, he’s an angel, But awake, the [continue…]
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Concert At Kelvin School
By Arthur Klassen, Newton Siding, Man. South of Portage some 20 miles, Was the school called Kelvin, A place of learning for kids, A place for us a career to win. One room, one teacher [continue…]
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Santa’s Secret
By O. Lillie Randa, Kelowna, B.C. Santa had been napping and he awoke with a start Children would be waiting and he must be on his way So he looked for his pack, which now [continue…]
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The Star That Led to Jesus
By Mary Fehr – Kelowna, B.C. Why did the Wise men lose the star, After they had followed it so far? Way out in the east they saw it clear, Why did they lose it [continue…]
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In Defense of Old Age
By Agnes Hamm, Prince George, B.C. Someone has said, “It ain’t no fun, When you feel you’re getting old,” When so many things don’t work anymore And your thermostat’s set on cold. When hinges and [continue…]
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Aunt Rachel’s Apple Pudding
Hilda Williamson – Armstrong, B.C. 1 cup flour 1 cup finely chopped tart apple 2 tbsp butter 1⁄4 cup brown sugar 1 tbsp baking powder pinch nutmeg 1⁄4 tsp salt butter 1 tsp sugar 1⁄2 cup [continue…]
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Not all her Christmases were happy
By Maisie Burton – Kipling, Sask. Christmas always brings back memories of when I was a child growing up on the farm with my mother, dad, and several brothers and sisters. Preparation for Christmas always [continue…]
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Most special evening was January 6th
By Naden Hewko – Macklin, Sask. We knew Christmas was coming when the teacher at our Paynton, Sask., school started to prepare us for the annual concert. The brick school had four classrooms, two on the [continue…]
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Not quite a big apple
Bob and Jean Parker in west-central Saskatchewan are happy to let visitors know that New York is big, but their friendly little community is Biggar.
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Train crew caught in massive snowstorm
By George Rose – Calgary, Alta. Six months after joining the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Medicine Hat as a wiper cleaning train engines, I was a student fireman travelling from there to Swift Current, [continue…]
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A Light Draft Team
Wayne Cozart of Brownlee, Sask., and his granddaughter Kim McNutt of Moose Jaw with Percherons, Jack and Jule, in light draft horse hitch class at the 2012 Prince Albert Exhibitlon.