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 [continue…]
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 [continue…]
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 [continue…]
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 [continue…]
By Don Morse – Calgary, Alta. We are sometimes troubled with mice in our attached garage. I have been successful at keeping them under control by setting traps baited with fresh cheese. The best place to [continue…]
By Anne Sturby – Edmonton, Alta. Every time I watch the movie Babe, I am reminded of the predicament my father found himself in with a pig he purchased from a local farmer for the [continue…]
By Ruth Towill – Fort MacLeod, Alta. It was going to be a busy morning as I planned my day: vacuum the house, do the laundry, make lunch for my family, as well as getting [continue…]
By Russ Stewart – Victoria, B.C. At 15, I was the “boy of all work” in the pharmacy in my hometown in 1946. I had many an adventure and many a learning experience there, though [continue…]
By Janet Reitmeier – Red Deer, Alta. Mom and dad moved the family from Apple Hill, Ont. to St. Brieux, Sask. in 1946. It was quite a change going from a dairy farm, where dad raised [continue…]
By Clive England – Creston, B.C. In the winter of 1950-51, my brother, John, was seven years old and I was 12. We lived on a farm with our parents, Del and Hugo England, about [continue…]
By O. Lillie Randa – Kelowna, B.C. While going to a country school as a student, I knew that concerts were a Christmas tradition. When it was my turn as a first-time teacher to orchestrate [continue…]
By Lillian Rempel – Summerland, B.C. As a lively teenager, I was raised on a picturesque farm in Northern Alberta. The joy of my life was the hours I spent riding bareback on my spirited [continue…]
By Ione Skafte – Lethbridge, Alta. We took possession of our own home in February. How excited we were! I spent the first month going back and forth from our last rented home with a [continue…]
By Ione Skafte – Lethbridge, Alta. I lived on a farm in Wrentham, Alta., south of Taber, as a child. One of our small community’s social highlights was the annual Christmas concert and dance, complete [continue…]
Six friends were playing poker when Fred loses $500 on a single hand, clutches his chest, and drops dead at the table. Showing respect for their fallen friend, the other five complete their playing time [continue…]
By Ilien Coffey – Vernon, B.C. I hurried down from my second floor apartment to catch the bus to get to Sunday church about a mile away. I was wearing my brand new shoes with stiletto [continue…]
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