Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Publishing books and sharing the stories of others is no ordinary thing

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I’ve spent most of my adult life writing or editing or designing newsletters or book layouts, or publishing and selling books, and I sometim...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

How I published a book by Gridiron Greats Hall of Famer Jim Hopson

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On May 20, 2022, Jim Hopson, a Canadian Football Hall of Famer, was inducted into Mike Ditka’s Gridiron Greats Hall of Fame at a banquet in ...
Thursday, April 14, 2022

Prairie Veterinarian Tells Entertaining Stories of his Work with Animals and Their Humans

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In April 2021, I received an email from Dr. Gary Hoium, a veterinarian in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Gary had begun writing amusing, intriguing,...
Friday, January 7, 2022

Third Flight book shares more Canadian aviation adventures

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William Cameron entered Grade 9 at Scott Collegiate in Regina in 1942 and soon became a member of the Air Cadets squadron as required by the...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Fun On The Farm 3 book the last in the series

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  A couple years ago, I was selling my DriverWorks Ink-published books at a craft show in Swift Current when a man walked by and yelled at m...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Remembrance - Bob and Sue Elliott and their Little Coat

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Every year since November 2009, when I published Alan J. Buick’s book The Little Coat - The Bob and Sue Elliott Story , I can’t help but thi...
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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...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

It’s Only Hide and Seek If They Look For You

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Grandparenting Tip of the Day: When playing multi-generational hide and seek, choose your hiding spot carefully. I spent some precious t...
Friday, August 6, 2021

A great time at Tunnels of Moose Jaw

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Saskatoon author Mary Harelkin Bishop and I had a terrific day at the Tunnels of Moose Jaw recently! We made some exciting plans for a fun l...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Making room for book babies

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You know how, when some women are expecting a baby, they have to get the nursery ready before the little one arrives?  Well, I'm expec...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Brandon Legion member and subject of children's book fondly remembered

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The editor of The Brandon Legionnaire Newsletter contacted me, asking permission to run a story about my book The Sailor and the Christmas ...
Thursday, March 18, 2021

An Important YA Book about Reconciliation

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As I began to proofread a new e-book version of  Mistasini y: Buffalo Rubbing Stone , written by Saskatoon author Mary Harelkin Bishop, I in...