Our gracious Queen is gone. Like millions of other people she has been “my” Queen all of my life...
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Nana’s Blog: My Big Dream
In the Chinese zodiac calendar this is the year of the Water Tiger. The Chinese zodiac tigers...
Loved to laugh
The first show that I remember seeing Betty White act in is the Mary Tyler Moore show in the...
Hang in there
The other day I was thinking about Y2K, the New Years Eve of 1999 and all the fuss there was around...
Sarcastic, insulting and plain old stupid
I was wondering if all the lock downs had helped the impaired driving problem, so I went onto the...
That first word
Last week I got the strange urge to organize my writing room. This happens every few years. When I...
Stick together
Driving down the highway this summer I saw a lot of dried-up sloughs. These sloughs had been...
Words can still haunt
“The abuse didn’t make you strong. You overcame it because you are already strong...
Nana’s Blog: Being strong in the face of abuse
“ The abuse didn’t make you strong. You overcame it because you are already strong...
Cold coffee leftovers
We had a power outage in east central Alberta recently and it really made me see how very spoiled...
The difference 20+ years make
When we were first married we lived in a second hand mobile home, then we moved to Vancouver and...
Adding to my wish list
There is a post going around good old Facebook calling on Canada to open its own factories and...
Getting fit, discipline and working hard
Every year I resolve to lose my extra weight, and every year about this time I start thinking that...
Sense of joy and peace
I got a Christmas card from a friend a few days ago. It is a beautiful card. She has sent me a...
Need to say ‘thanks’
My father joined the army at the start of WWII. He went through all the training then just a few...
Need to remember the great and the stupid!
When I was in Grade 8, my Mother went to teach at the day school on the Onion Lake reserve. ...
Enjoying themselves?
I have a daily calendar that has pictures of dogs with a famous quote each day. I have really...
Nana’s Blog: It takes a lot of years to get to be a nana
My oldest granddaughter is turning 25 this August. She is very upset about this as she thinks...
Jingles that stick!
The people who work in ad agencies or sales and marketing really know the power of music, and they...
Wonderful flavour of homegrown veggies worth the work
I saw an ad for a local greenhouse lately, they were selling tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers and all...
Actually has flavour
I saw an ad for a local greenhouse lately, they were selling tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers and all...
The ‘invisible army’
I wasn’t going to write about the Covid-19 virus because people are probably tired of hearing...
Magical kingdom of books
My granddaughter texted me the other day all excited about this wonderful place she had discovered...
Cold is cold
The deep freeze part of winter is here and is now time for me to hibernate. I think I mentioned...
Maybe people think it is ‘fake news’
Stats Canada reports that in 2015, the police reported 72,039 impaired driving incidents, that is...
Miracles of modern medicine
I recently went for a bone density test. My doctor always has to nag me into going for these tests...
Customs, traditions and weddings
A wedding will not only bring two people together, it brings two families together. Most of the...
Strong enough
I recently spent a weekend with my granddaughter. She is one of those who do not have a regular...
Tell the stories that old buildings can’t
The old buildings have a certain style that is just not in any of the new buildings. I especially...
Hope for the future?
I think we all know someone who is always talking about how much better things used to be. How...