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Saint Nicholas and My Baba
December 6, 2022
Today is St. Nicholas Day. It was kind of a big deal for Ukrainian Canadian prairie kids when I was growing up. There was usually
Simple Pleasures: Soup!
November 9, 2022
Our garden yielded a bounty of tomatoes last summer. My Ron made several batches of wonderful homemade spaghetti sauce that we froze for the winter.
Pumpkin Season
October 31, 2022
Fall is the season for pumpkin pies. And we can thank prehistoric mastadons for them!
Hurray for Labour Day!
September 4, 2022
Labour Day in Canada has a long history. It’s worth celebrating!
Remembering Mama
August 26, 2022
Had she lived, today would have been my mama’s 102nd birthday. It would also have been my parents’ 77th wedding anniversary. My parents got married
Why We Tell Stories
August 16, 2022
I recently came across this quotation by Brandon Sanderson: “The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give
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