Showing posts with label Alberta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alberta. Show all posts
Sunday, September 19, 2021

A Moose, A Fence, A Farmer, and A Power Saw

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While interviewing my brother, Alan Pacholok, months ago about funny things he's experienced on the farm  –   so I could include those s...
Monday, February 1, 2021

A Funny Thing Happened at a Craft Show

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I miss craft shows. Actually, I miss seeing real people with their faces visible, but that's another story. I miss the busy craft show a...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Books and beauty in Medicine Hat

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In July, I travelled to the beautiful city of Medicine Hat, Alberta to visit family. I t had been six months since I'd seen my oldest da...
Thursday, December 7, 2017

Seeing this "Little Coat" inspired a country singer to write an award-winning book

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Canadian soldier Bob Elliott and his crew asked a Dutch seamstress to make this child's coat from a Canadian Army blanket. The ...
Sunday, September 10, 2017

PRAIRIE FARM STORIES OF SELLING CREAM TEACH US WHILE CELEBRATING THE PAST

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In 2015, I wrote this "Read My Book" piece for Regina and Saskatoon newspapers to introduce readers to the fascinating anthology  ...
Thursday, September 7, 2017

LIVING MY LIFE AFTER MY HUSBAND’S DEATH – CHERISHING MY “BIG A”

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(Months ago, my bereavement counsellor suggested that I write about this particular time in my grief journey. "It will help others,...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

A Trip Down Memory Lane - Back To Calgary & SAIT

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In September 1973, I took my first class at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, Alberta. It was a two-year Journalism Admin...