If you had been lying stretched out in the grass growing beside the Leamington church in 1933, the clouds would have looked much the same as they did in Neuenburg, Ukraine, a hundred years earlier, or as they did in 1921, when the church in Mexico was being built. After looking at the clouds, you […]
Carrot Harvest In Saskatchewan
In 1979, I took my wife a and kids to Laird, Saskatchewan to show them my roots, so to speak. On our way, just out of Moose Jaw, I pointed out a typical one acre Saskatchewan garden plot. The ground had been worked over and left barren except for a curious stump. The kids said: […]
Potato Digging In Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is like Texas when it comes to potatoes. They are THE largest. One can get into trouble digging them if you’re a mere child for fear that you might be crushed. I’m standing right between the horses; I’m thin, but you can sort of make out my feet. If the snow falls unexpectedly, which […]
