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Out of Print: “For Elise” Where to find.

For Elise will not be reprinted. To find a used copy? Winnipeg library book sales On line through AbeBooks etc. To Borrow Public Libraries in your local community     Manitoba: Altona Library, Arborg Branch Library, Brandon Public Library, Carberry/North Cypress … Continue reading

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Update in 4th Edition

While my peers were busy downsizing I was doing the opposite. Friesens delivered fifty boxes of the fourth edition of ‘For Elise’ on September 21, 2018.  I just couldn’t face the future without books to give me an excuse to … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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