The Winnipeg Folk Festival was bang-on this year, wasn’t it? I have a funny vision of diehard fans lovingly folding their tie-dye muscle shirts and too-short, short-shorts and storing them at the back of the closet until next year. Why, I’m even contemplating shaving my legs. It’s always hard to say goodbye. But never fear, [...]

The Winnipeg Folk Festival takes place every summer around the second weekend in July at Birds Hill Provincial Park, 25 kms north of Winnipeg on Highway 59. The weekend is sacred in my household, and yes, I was there this year with the usual gang of suspects. I did a quick headcount and just about everyone [...]

To ski or not to ski – that is the question. Okay, maybe that wasn’t Shakespeare’s exact question, but it is mine. And maybe it’s your question too. Southern Manitoba hasn’t seen a heck of a lot of snow, and the Farmer’s Almanac is predicting that there will be very little snow from now until spring. But [...]