by Karen Price Three hens live at our house — Cinnamon, Clove, and Pepper. The first two are friendly Buff Orpingtons and for the latter is a Black Maran. The buff lay the lighter brown eggs and the Maran lays what is known as chocolate eggs. Who wouldn’t want a chicken that lays chocolate eggs? […]
Women's Stories
July 20 – Bluer Than Robin’s Eggs
by Ariela Zucker “As I remember your eyes, Were bluer than robin’s eggs.” Joan Baez – Diamond and Rust. I watched them for almost three weeks, a couple of robins building their nest. They flew around the front yard for a while. Checked the grassy lawn for its offering of forage. Perhaps consulted with the […]
July 16 – Do Gerbils Go to Heaven?
by Kalí Rourke Our Pastor told a story in his recent sermon, and in it, a little boy’s hamster had died and he asked his father (a fellow Pastor) if “Timmy” had gone to heaven. The boy was told in no uncertain terms by his father that nothing that has not professed faith in Jesus Christ shall […]
July 15 – Collecting and Connecting
by Kalí Rourke I recently mentioned to my husband that in light of our multiple downsizings, we were fortunate that neither of us is a collector. My husband smiled and said, “I think you do have a collection. You have collected the people and ancestry in your family!” “And yours,” I responded with a grin. People ask, […]
July 3 – Full Circle
By Linda Hoye We stand atop a small hill in the middle of a field on the Saskatchewan prairie: me, my husband, my cousin, and her husband. I met this cousin for the first time today; she and her husband have graciously taken us on a drive to see the land where our grandparents farmed. […]
July 2 – One Woman Remembering Another
by Debra Dolan I am writing this on Canada Day delighted in knowing that my darling Michael’s mother’s remarkable life is honoured in our national newspaper. There is a wonderful regular feature titled “Lives Lived” which “celebrates the everyday, extraordinary, unheralded lives of Canadians who have recently passed”. Margaret was a proud American-Canadian who was […]
