The day started out normally enough. Babies playing quietly while I snatched a couple of minutes online to look at drapes. “Hmmm—the gr...

Mom is third from the left. ‘T’was seventy-six years ago this year, On Alberta’s new frontier. My Mama started school that day, I...

It only LOOKS delicious . . . I love raisins. Especially in trail mix. Or coated in chocolate. I should probably point out, her...

It's bigger on the inside... We visited the Horne Lake caves on Vancouver Island near where our middle son lives. Getting read...

I have exciting news! Well . . . exciting to me! :) Announcment: My newest novel, Daughter of Ishmael is to be published on January 10, 20...

Not for the shy or faint of heart . . . Recently, there had been a lot of press about women nursing their babies. Usually because i...

Where memories are made... It was just a routine trip to the local recreation centre. Something we did often when our kids were small...

Now wave! It might be someone we know. The Stringam Ranch was twenty miles from the Town of Milk River. For the first ten miles o...

Word master.  I know you’ve done it. I know I have. Blurted out something that sounded a whole lot different in your head. It...

I love the stories about my Dad’s mother, Grandma Stringam . . . My paternal grandmother, Sarah Lovina Williams Stringam and her husb...

When one lives in the country, and rides the bus to school, one learns to take lunch. I did. Live in the country, take the bus and pack ...

                                                                                      The Pass Dairy as it looks today.                     ...

We have just spent the last few days with our coastal son. The one who lives in paradise. He is fun, funny and a deep, deep thinker. He i...

When I was growing up, germs were something that lived in dog’s mouths. Or cats. Or any animals. I was cautioned to avoid them. Living...

Husby and I are on a holiday on beautiful Vancouver Island. Our son lives here and as often as we can, we come out to visit. To—ummm—see o...

Shoes hide. They do. Especially when there is something important that they need to be at. School. Church. Movie night. Going outside....

They had all been at their cousin’s birthday party. It had been a much-anticipated opportunity for fun and games. And had delivered. ...

In Canada, we have SEASONS. I emphasize the word because some of them are extreme. Particularly our winter. But during the shoulder s...

I'm quite sure this flashed past. And I do mean flashed. We teenagers in Milk River lived an hour from the bright lights of Le...

Have you ever felt that if your life winked out tomorrow that would be all right with you? Because you know that you would be remembered?...

I've been reading about the politics being played out in some organizations in the modern world. Even churches have their interna...

Add one brother and it's pretty close. Not me, but you get the picture. So to speak . . . Eig...