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Articles

CORN CHOWDER

It’s corn season here in southern Alberta, where the long hours of sunshine ripen golden cobs to...

NOT SO ENGAGING

I’ve been a very errant blogger of late because my head has been in the clouds of novel drafting...

LEMONY YUM

A friend of mine in Saskatchewan—a neighbour I know from ranching days—is a farm wife who grows...

FAN CLUB

I just got off the phone with my dear friend Christelle, whom I met twenty years ago in a small town...

THE TAO OF TOES

I’ve found a great pedicurist who makes my feet look cute. So for a break from my everyday schedule...

THAI CHICKEN SOUP

I found a lovely looking recipe on Pinterest and modified it to my taste. I think I’m going to...

COMFORT

I think I’ve had it wrong. The word comfortable has always sparked mental pictures...

THE DOLDRUMS

I’m a bit under the weather today. Not sick, exactly—just slight chills and dizziness and, mostly, a...

CHOCOLATE

I once made the mistake, when speaking to a French friend, of calling chocolate “junk food.” You’d...

DRAFTING

I’m in the mode. My desktop (okay, kitchen table) is stacked high with computer, binder of plot...

SLIPPER

The elegance of this richly embroidered silk slipper, looking like a cute doll’s shoe at...

THE DOT

My fourth-grade teacher made a single, round mark on the board as he stood in front of the...
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