How to Sam
Early in 2008 my mother saw me on the cover of the Whitehorse Star wearing nothing but a straw skirt and a bottle of our local beer. That is how she found out I was running for Sourdough Sam. I don’t think she was shocked...
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Fun Fair tips by Nash and Thayer
What are those?“Whiffle balls.”What are they for?“Tic-Tac-Toe.”Five-year-old Nash Battersby is about to school me in the art of winning prizes at the Fun Fair at Whitehorse Elementary School, this Friday and Saturday.The whiffle...
Read MoreThe Dream of a Normal Life
Living in the suburbs, having children and a husband, driving a minivan: for some this maysound boring, but it is Cea Sunrise Person’s dream come true.Person’s memoir, North of Normal (published at HarperCollins) describes her...
Read MoreA Host Mom’s Story
The city bus stops right in front of our home in the Whitehorse. I still watch every day for “my boys” to get off and come home, even though they’ve been gone for weeks.I was privileged to be a host mom for the Canada World...
Read MoreThe Technical Side of Things
Jim Holland knows music like nobody’s business; not only is he a musician, he’s also an accomplished sound technician. Over the next few months Holland will be teaching full day courses from a series called Capturing...
Read MoreThe fiddle remembers
Harold Routledge did not remember that he had built this fiddle with his own hands; but the tunes, and the skill to play it, were memories that had not yet been robbed by Alzheimer’s.“There is something about music that it...
Read MoreThe Green Rush
Right on schedule, my sprout craving has arisen from where it lay quietly dormant since thefall, nestled snug beneath the desire for stews and roasted root vegetables.The herbs I’ve kept in the house are responding to the...
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