Grandma

and in magazine issue

By Corbett Faulkner You have always been the best, right from the start. From your crab-apple juice to your sweet butter tarts. I have always wondered but never understood. How you can take most anything and make it taste so good. Anyone would like your cookies and shortbread, The strange thing is I even …

The Secret Code of Quilts

and in magazine issue

Did Scraps of Fabric Lead Slaves to the Underground Railroad? [Originally published in Aug/Sep 2005 issue of Canadian Cowboy Country] By Ann Chandler On a warm spring day in May 1854, a colourful quilt hangs out the window of the slave quarters on a plantation near Charleston, South Carolina. Few pay attention. Just …

Some Women Get Roses

and in magazine issue

By Elizabeth Ebert Some women get roses! Velvet of petal and long of stem, Placed in a box like a precious gem. Brought by a man from the florist’s place, Beautifully right for a crystal vase. I get crocuses! Only a little bunch, of course, Picked by a man on a saddle horse. Slightly wilted …

Jack Daines

and posted on January 14, 2022

The Million-Dollar Voice Alberta auctioneer and living legend Jack Daines captured spurring his winning bronc ride in the 1954 Novice Saddle Bronc at the Calgary Stampede Photo courtesy of The Daines Family “This is Jack Daines,” he rasped into the telephone, meaty elbows planted firmly on his desk, linebacker shoulders hunched. His one good eye …