There’s a baad man on the loose in our neighbourhood. He’s been stopping his truck at the end of our driveway to baa at our sheep. He did it twice this week and once the week before. Maybe he’s doing it every day. Maybe multiple times a day – it’s hard to know for sure. [...]

I’m a Canuck fan by marriage. For the 31 seasons we have been together I have watched Darcy’s hopes rise every year only to be dashed to pieces in the end. “Oh well,” he says at the end of every hockey season. “Next year.” And sure enough, when the next season skates forward on its [...]

With father’s day coming up it seems a fitting time to pay tribute to my dad. I spent a lot of time with him while growing up on our cattle ranch. I was the youngest of three daughters. I think he was resigned to my having to be the son he would never have and [...]

For years I postponed planting asparagus because of the commitment factor. It takes three years from the time you plant until you get a harvest. Who knew what could happen in three years? We could move, die or not even like asparagus by that time. Then I started thinking how if I had just planted [...]