The store with everything. At just the right price . . . Dad was running an errand f or his mother. It was 1937 and the family had ...

Emily Mary The two sisters were both loving and caring. Hardworking and generous. But there, the similarities ended. One, Emily,...

Source: I Heart My Snap Boy on the bridge Life is a bridge from here to there, Some years of joy, some years of care, It's som...

Oh, hey. While you're up . . . Okay, yes, he probably would have gotten it anyways. But the genius is in the method of asking . . ....

Grandma and Grandpa Stringam. Where the humour comes from . . . My Dad had a great sense of humour. He came by it rightly. Let me exp...

Sure. Now she's smiling... Studying for final exams is hard work. Time consuming. Often lasting into the wee hours of the mornin...

Teacher of all things important. Care-taker extraordinaire. Sometimes you think you know someone. But you really don't . . . ...

You want me to what??? Our family spends lot of time together. Visiting. In fact, if I were to pick a favourite activity, it woul...

Another 'Daddy' Story: It's all true! “Great Grampa,” said the strong young chap, You’ve lived a very long lifetime...

Okay, he only  looks  cute . . . We lived in the country. Far out in the country. We had many people living in our house. But we were...

My 'Creative Parenting 101' Professor When Dad spoke. We listened. Most of the time. One ignored my father at one's own ris...

Hours of fun. Or  aggravation  . . . Mom always appreciated a good joke. Usually, she stood back and . . . appreciated. Occasionally, s...

And yes, that is a jester costume . . . When we were teenagers, my husby and I got involved in theatre. And stayed involved. This y...

Art isn't always found on display. And real artists don't necessarily work in a studio. A true work of art . . . On a...

Old Cowboy Joe was telling tales in Main Street yesterday, Describing his adventures in the city far away, But Joe, he didn’t know th...

Approach carefully. It's tricky On a ranch, there are gates. Many gates. In the corrals, big gates made of long, wooden boards. Tha...

In happier times... My Dad was in the blacksmith shop. And wherever Dad went, we kids trailed after. Because. Why is it that ev...

Does this scare you? Debbie's family lived on a ranch not far from ours. Her father had worked for my parents as a young man, before he ...

Husby and I spent the last weekend in Provo, Utah. He, walking, relaxing and catching-up-on-sleep in the Marriott. Me, rubbing shoulders wit...