Or something similar. It was my first ‘live’ hockey game. Okay, I know that all of them are live. And live-ly. Let me re-word ...

Success! Routines are important. Especially when one has many small bodies that one is trying to shuffle into bed. The bedtime ritual ...

He’s not a  mean or nasty lout, In fact, were you to ask about Our Paddy Craig O’Connor boy, You’d find that he’s just hoi pollo...

Me and Zee. Now that's a little more like it! At sixteen, I made my first foray into the wide, exciting world of horse trading. ...

I come from a long line of non-smokers. Generations of puff-nots. But my best friend had a cousin staying over for the summer. A...

Mark. In cleaner times. Family reunions. The renewing of ties. An opportunity to get re-acquainted. Catch up on family accomplishments...

Today is Father's Day. A little tribute to the most special father in my life... My Hero For most of his career, my Husby has ...

Does this look delicious to you? Yeah, me either . . . My Mom had a magic cupboard in her bathroom. It was full of wonderful little bo...

If you are ever in Denver . . . Somewhere in or near Denver, Colorado, is my wonderful, stupendous, long-awaited, much-anticipated, be...

Oh, please! Not that song again! I grew up on a large old Southern Alberta ranch. Among cattle, horses and hired men. I loved it. I sp...

See? Blue. When my husband married me, he got more than he expected. I came with baggage. More correctly. Horses. One was blue in colo...

Lake Okanagan. It only LOOKS peaceful and serene... The  Ogopogo  was going to get me! Ahem . . . I have a vivid imagination. I ...

How do you relax after dinner? Okay, I admit it:  Our family is weird. We like theatrics. And things medieval. Case in point: ...

I know it's hard to tell, but there are differences . . . My husby and I were just finishing supper. The doorbell rang. He went to...

Horses came in all shapes and sizes on our ranch. All shapes. And sizes. Oh, and materials. Maybe I should explain . . . On a ...

A repost. By request... Gramma and Grampa Stringam In 1912, ‘going to visit the family’ took on a whole new meaning. Let me tell y...

Admit it. This is scary... Okay.  Maybe I overreacted. Maybe. We were on holiday i n a foreign land.  France, to be exact. And ...