This Manitoba moment took many years in its creation, so sit back and enjoy the read. I was born in The Pas more than 50 years back. The house that my family and I lived in was on Bignell Avenue; my dad built that house. As a young girl, my favorite memory of that [...]

My boyfriend and I decided to go fishing in Pinawa with the boat for Father’s Day on Saturday the 14th of June. Although it threatened to rain later in the afternoon we figured that if we headed out early enough we could pack up a little earlier than we normally do. So, we packed [...]

A couple of summer’s ago, my husband, daughter (the 11) and myself took a day trip to William’s Lake. We live in Brandon, and we aquired a small fishing boat. My husband and I used to fish at that lake years ago but hadn’t been for quite some time. Our daughter had [...]

In the summer of 2001 we were moving so we decided not to plan a summer vacation to unpack and settle in instead. When the moving day was over and we looked at all the boxes that had to be unpacked and pictures to be hung we were overwhelmed and decided to hit the road [...]

The Winnipeg Folk Festival is all about the music. Wait, that’s a lie. Now don’t get me wrong. I love the music. But the experience wouldn’t be complete without indulging in the non-musical attractions at the festival–things like whales tails and garden goddess garb. Those probably need a little explaining. Let’s start with the whales tails. [...]

I really should sit down and catch my breath but the band is great and the dance floor is hopping. My husband has outdone himself this time. It’s our anniversary and we are at one of those rare places–a dance club for grown ups! This evening just keeps getting better. We started with dinner–low lights [...]

My husband Rich and I spent several weeks on the road in a small RV going to Manitoba for a moose hunt. We stayed in several provincial parks along the way. One of our favorite things was “road hunting” at dusk. We saw many”critters” in the wild this way, including moose not far from the [...]

Having been hibernating at home for most of the winter not socializing too much I picked up some last minute tickets for ‘The Full Monty’ produced by Rainbow Stage. I called my long time friend , Shannon, to see if she was able to make a night of it. Luckily she was and we met [...]

My husband and I decided to spend July 1st on an overnight canoe trip down the Souris River. A friend dropped us off at the Buncloody Bridge and we were to canoe from there to our home in Wawanesa Manitoba. What an unforgetable trip. The scenery is breath taking and it is so uninhabitated that [...]

There is soooo-o-o-omuch to see and do in Manitoba. On a camping trip in the Whiteshell my husbnd and I visted the Bannock Point Petroforms. Figures are laid out on bedrock in the forms of turtles, snakes and humans, and also in abstract patterns. Anishinabe and other First Nations people believe that they were [...]