Monthly Archives: October 2012

I was excited to bump into the Alberta Bison Producers who were holding their regional meeting October 19 and 20 at the Prairie Inn, Grande Prairie where I was also staying. They graciously allowed me to crash their breakfast party. … Continue reading →

No, it’s not Remembrance Day yet. But it was a day to remember. September 22 and 23, Bruce Coleman and five or six friends held an old time threshing bee along the Alaska Highway south of Fort St. John, B.C. … Continue reading →

When I tell someone Mom had a stroke, they almost all have a story of someone close to them who has also had one, often severe. Stroke is a very common ailment. In the Heart and Stroke Foundation booklet our … Continue reading →

There’s a ‘pizza garden’ at the Fort St. John Public Works building – ‘slices’ of corn framed with pole beans, brussel sprouts with frizzy purple kale, some herbs, interspersed with bright red geraniums. The garden is one of several of … Continue reading →