A New Day

The Last of Duncrief Untold history languishing into ruin only ghosts remain ~ Not far from where I live, an old ghost tow...

It's National Poetry Month.  What lines are you penning? Get your juices flowing and start the couplets spinning. If you are l...

This was the results of a 3-day blizzard from a few years ago. Buffalo has taken the hit for us this winter :) Apparently winter has dec...

Their uniforms crisp Roles serious and dedicated Their missive- our Freedom  Marching, they came towards us Strict row upon row to...

Oh Canada; proud, strong and free It has been a tough couple of weeks to be a Canadian. Last week, in two separate incidents, Canadian m...

Medicine Walk , by Richard Wagamese, © 2014, McClelland & Stewart Should I start by saying this book wrecked me? That I bawled throu...

The Bear , by Claire Cameron; © 2014, Doubleday Canada Shortly on the heels of finishing All the Broken Things , I was given another boo...

All the Broken Things , by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer; © 2014, Random House Canada I have been searching for a book to read that has the abil...

Wherefore art thou Spring? Snow has clung to the air despite a change in calender and no alter to the attire  of mine Searc...

Maple Syrup Love Snow bringer of sloppy roads cheering children and  a Canadian breakfast  like no other Doesn't ...

Shrieks and laughter fill the air. Children run screaming past one another without a care in the world. Backpacks are scattered on the groun...

The weather has been kind of funky around these parts this year. Way back in March, we had temperatures that soared into double digits, when...

The sun shone brightly, beckoning us to step out of doors. Scorchingly hot weather had subsided, taking the humidity with it, but not the pl...

" No Great Mischief " written by Alistair MacLeod (© 1999, McClelland and Stewart Ltd.) It is that time of the month in my w...