Category Archives: News
Update August 2024
Time flies: Last June I underwent knee surgery. It was painful, but I recovered. March 1 of this year I was fortunate to receive another new knee, and by June was looking forward to the summer’s events. I was even … Continue reading
Anniversary No 12
Thirteen years ago I was launching my great grandmother’s story at my hometown, Glenboro. It was a hot Saturday afternoon and the friend I planned to visit didn’t answer her doorbell. I turned to go and was stepping down the … Continue reading
Deer Tick warning
Another adventure: I’ve been gardening in my yard here in Winnipeg and look what I found three mornings ago. A tiny little wood tick embedded in the skin of my upper thigh. sorry I didn’t get a picture at that … Continue reading
Reading “For Elise”by Erin Unger,
I was excited to discover Erin Unger’s post and I believe you will enjoy it also. (with her permission) For Elise fell into my hands. Now what? This is a thick book, and I have a tendency to relinquish focus … Continue reading
Greenhorn Teacher
First prize winner of CANADIAN STORIES VOLUME 24, NO. 143 YEAR 2022 MY TEACHING CAREER BEGAN in a one room school in south central Manitoba. Those days are gone forever, but it is good to remember that although life is … Continue reading
Childhood Mornings
Cold Dark Manitoba Mornings This winter of 2021-22 is an extraordinarily snowy, cold, old fashioned winter that reminds me of my childhood in the 194os. I have taken advantage of Covid19 isolation to write this little story. Did we ever … Continue reading
Grasshoppers & Drought Part 2
1900, Chapter 26. A Prince For Elise Continued from Part 1 Pages 397-98. Late one evening a distraught Harry came in to talk to his mother, “I’m disgusted. We didn’t do enough last summer to get rid of the grasshoppers. … Continue reading
Grasshoppers & Drought Part 1
Drought and Grasshoppers 1898 – 1903 Excerpts from For Elise The summer of 2021 with its drought and grasshoppers could be lifted right out of history. My great-grandmother Elise and family were brought to Canada by Englishman, Percy Criddle, her … Continue reading
Lowly Servant makes the Free Press front page
The ‘Lilac and Lace Luncheon’ celebrating the first Nellie McLung Day. The group from Manitou created a beautiful event to raise funds to support Nellie McClung’s homes and keep her legacy alive. Our Living History Society was invited to welcome … Continue reading
Found: baby Mabel’s resting place
A Sad Mystery Solved Elise’s precious baby conceived in Heidelberg, was born March 1867 but died at 8 months in London. Where did the grieving mother take her little one’s body to be buried? I searched many records while I … Continue reading