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 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 [continue…]
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 [continue…]
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 [continue…]
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 [continue…]
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 [continue…]
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 [continue…]
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 [continue…]
By Julie (Friesen) Johnston – Shaunavon, Sask. My childhood school was located in the middle of the village of Schoenfeld, Sask., was called Maharg School. Attending that school has left me with a lot of [continue…]
By Herb (Buster) Brown – Pinawa, Man. I had a short, but very enjoyable, farming career. In 1945, farm help was scarce. I was asked to drive a tractor on a farm west of Holland, [continue…]
By Irene (Epp) Klassen – Calgary, Alta. It was 1949, my last year of nurses’ training, and John and I had just gotten engaged. We didn’t have money for a real date, but it was [continue…]
By Dennis Stacey – Publisher “A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course, that is, of course, unless the horse, is the famous Mr. [continue…]
By Claudette Sandecki – Terrace, B.C. In her memoir, Sister to Courage, Wanda Robson writes of their 1926 Halifax home having a “front room” with a parlour beyond. The term, front room, stirred memories of [continue…]
By Bonnie Baxter – Thunder Bay, Ont. It was more than just a mere bundle of boards fastened together to form a wooden patio. Our cottage deck was not only an extension of the cottage, [continue…]
By Margaret (Kopeck) Gentle – Saskatoon, Sask. I started dressing and playing with our orange Tabby cat after I lost my rag doll. I’d left it in the farm yard and a horse stepped on it [continue…]
By Sylvia Williams – Summerland, B.C. It all began when I was in high school when I was about 16. We lived in an isolated area northeast of Edmonton, so I had to go to school [continue…]
By Carol (Swain) Crane – Medicine Hat, Alta. This morning I was standing in front of my adjustable ironing board with my heat-regulated steam iron. Pressing the few articles of clothing that aren’t perma-press, I thought [continue…]
By Betty Rugg – Elstow, Sask. It was in about 1971 or 1972 that my husband Barry and I took our two youngest girls, Carol (10) and Lois (8) for a dip in the Chalet [continue…]
By Kathleen Smart – Wetaskiwin, Alta. As I tossed the second load of wet clothes into my electric clothes dryer on a cold winter morning, I remembered helping mother with her washing all those years ago. Washdays [continue…]
By Dorothy (Corey) Nichol-Hack – Oliver, B.C. I will remember my 13th birthday forever. It was the year mom bought me a pair of secondhand figure skates. The three neighbour boys, my brother, and I [continue…]
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