Chris. Taste is everything . . . 1953 BD (Before Diane).  My parents were travelling and had made a stop in a small town for lunch. ...

Okay. This story is about urine specimens. Ick. Those who are faint of heart or easily queasy, stop now. Stop. I told you to stop. You d...

Mr. Organized Dad was a veterinarian. The only one for several counties. Well . . . If you didn't count Dr. Brewster, the animal i...

And into the next generation . . . Husby is a book lover. Always has been. I am, too, but not to his extent. I remember, in our ...

Hands tell everything. I was sitting in Church beside my dad and comparing my hand to his. Mine were small, white and smooth. Unma...

Dad at College. My Dad (hereinafter called 'Mark') attended college in Guelph, Ontario, t raining to be a veterinarian. Class ...

Okay. Picture them a little more tousled and windblown . . . The wind blows in Southern Alberta. And I don't mean blows in the ...

Debbie. Mischief, mayhem and entertainment in one package. In college, I shared a two-bedroom apartment with three other girls. Deb...

My Grandpa as I remember him. With my older siblings, Chris and Jerry.  My Grandpa, George Lewis Stringam, was born in 1876, in Holde...

Go on. Give it a pull! Life on a ranch is glorious. Open, endless vistas. Fresh air. Time with your family. And endless hour...

Because it's poetry month . . .   From this spell of cold and damp, The germs in close formation, tramp, On my resistance, bli...

Buddies. Eh? I knew what he was saying. He knew what he was saying. Too bad they weren’t the same thing . . . When I was little,...

Foreground: Mom's flowers. Background: The garage. My hiding place was down and left. On the Stringam ranch, we had an old garag...

From the ashes . . . . . . rise the new and improved. Ranch families know how to have fun and it usually involves dancing. Let ...

A poem. Because it's Saturday. Our good friend Shirley. Gramma and her little beans. Great Gramma and her Little Bean Had th...

Supplier of kindliness. And food. The Stringam ranch was a large spread situated some twenty miles from the town of Milk River, Albert...

Sisters Also a Sister In our church, everyone is addressed either as 'Brother' or 'Sister'. It gives a fun, fam...

When a man says he’ll do something, he’ll do it. There’s no reason to remind him every six months or so. My son is a great husband an...

Mark. With his friend. Our family loves root beer. Homemade. And our eldest son can sleep through anything. These two facts are related...