Category Archives: News
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
Another Brave Step
Friesens have printed 2900 copies of my book and it has done so well, I am down to having only 15 left. Could I live without any copies to share? I tried to imagine life without, and it felt … Continue reading
Crisis for Oriole
McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg have been selling For Elise since my first printing in 2012. Finding only one book on its place on the bottom shelf should make me happy and I’d restock. But, my supply is almost depleted. … Continue reading
To and From Whistler
The Whistler Book Award was my reason to travel to BC and it was a mountain-top experience. We dodged the bad weather and drove directly to Whistler and enjoyed one sunny day there to explore before the weather closed in. … Continue reading
Life and Research Revisited
“Time flies more quickly the older I get,” my mother warned. And so it seems to me. When I notice the date of my last blog I am shocked. How could it be? Our very cold winter has faded into … Continue reading
Points West: Time Travel
Bus Tour: Points West Oct 3, 2017 After some nasty days, sunshine broke through the clouds and blessed us as we traveled west through a golden prairie landscape. Forty-seven enthusiastic seniors in a comfortable bus headed for Carberry where 10 … Continue reading
Glenbow Museum
Glenbow Museum Library Good News to share! Folllwing the Whistler Writers’ Festival last fall, I stopped in Edmonton and left a copy of my book with friends. The University and Public Library already had copies so I suggested he ask … Continue reading
Sabbatical
Since last I wrote, my life as an author has slipped into the background. It’s been a sabbatical after ten years of relentless research to keep a promise I made to my father before he died—”I’ll find out more about … Continue reading