Retirement – Earth Quaker

Years ago I wrote this story about getting a loaf of paska from my favourite cousin Katherine Penner. It was, in…

There’s a quiet place where the Assiniboine meets the Red, a place for basking in moonglow, a place for wondering in…

Non-resistance is the distinguishing aspect of Menno Simons’ teachings. All Christian denominations have a way of finding God through Jesus…

I have associated with Hutterites all my life. Although I never considered becoming one, I admired their communal life. I like…

There are 26 cousins in my family tree, descendants of five children of my grandparents. At 83 I’m the youngest. The grandparents…

Canadians East and West make fun of Winnipeg. Winterpeg, they call it, the coldest city in Canada, they say. But Winnipeg is…

The United Nations Assembly has declared October 1 as the day to recognize older people. The theme is to help them adapt…

I get water in my legs. It comes from sitting too long at the computer when I should be lying down with…

Easter was always one of two major annual family celebrations in our household when Diane, mother of my three daughters, was alive.…

Like Grandma Moses, I began painting at age 80. I started by enrolling in an Art Circle in the St. Matthew’s-Maryland Drop-in…

Category: Retirement