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 Lloyd Kitching – Carman, Man. My brother and I were just teenagers when our father died. Along with mother, we took over the operation of our small mixed farm. We had no tractor and [more…]
By Peter Wall – Sicamous, B.C. We lived on a homestead near Macdowall, 30 km southwest of Prince Albert, Sask. My dad and his siblings were spread about the district and cooperated with one another over [more…]
By Myrtle (Orsen) Matthews – Sedgewick, Alta. Growing up on our farm in Sunny Valley district in Saskatchewan, farm horses were a big part of our lives. Bing and Bang were our dad’s pride and [more…]
By Mickey Death – Lethbridge, Alta. My dad, Joe Graw, met the spirited Calgary city girl, Eleanor Barry, at his sister’s and her brother’s wedding. It was love at first sight and they were married after [more…]
By Hilda Szabo – Saskatoon, Sask. Years ago, I had a very intelligent, purebred Arabian horse named Chester. He thought he was invincible and also thought he was human. When the waterer stopped working, he [more…]
By Phil Leidl – Kelowna, B.C. I was seven years old, growing up in Leipzig, Sask., when the military put out a call for animal bones. It was WWII and the bones were being collected [more…]
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