On the Alberta/Montana Border
Friday, June 11, 2021

Scooting

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Okay, I admit it. With Covid winding slowly down and everyone in our household vaccinated, not once, but twice (amazing how accommodating a ...
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Thursday, June 10, 2021

See. And Do

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Grandma was babysitting. Cousins, the two-year-old (H) and the three-year-old (B) had been playing in the front room. Occasional outbursts o...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Stringam Travels

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Ready to go. Pictured L to R: Anita, Blair, Dad, George, Jerry, Missing: Mom, Chris, Diane and the potty. Traffic has slowed to a crawl. Not...
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

On Doing It Yourself

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Let's run through this again . . . I'm a people-pleaser. Or try to be. Call it a weakness. But I've always had this compulsion t...
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Monday, June 7, 2021

Friend, the Best

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  I have a friend. I call her best. For she stands out from all the rest, She’s fiercely loyal, caring, kind, Encouraging and quite refined....
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Friday, June 4, 2021

Personal Chef

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He's a little taller now... I had a project. Or more appropriately a PROJECT. And a household to run. And three little boys, aged six mo...
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Thursday, June 3, 2021

Bitten by the Clean Bug

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Don't let the outside fool you . . . Mom was a 'clean machine'. She loved swept floors, made beds and clean surfaces. And spent ...
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

When Rudest Wins

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Pre (and hopefully post) Covid,  o ur family loves taking holidays. And for a simple country family from Southern Alberta, we have managed t...
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Blessed Mother

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My Mom. She of the wicked pen . . . and wonderful cooking. I wish I'd found this for Mother's day a few weeks ago. But it's wond...
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Monday, May 31, 2021

Memorial

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  The peace and freedoms we enjoy come to us at great cost, Paid by precious few who did not shirk when lives were lost. But the sacrifi...
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