Ever Been To Winnipeg?

Somehow, Winnipeg arose in our conversation. There were three of us at first, shooting the breeze at last week’s Medicine Beach bread pick-up.

By the time others joined us, we learned that everyone had grown up in the Peg or spent large swaths of time there — except me.

In the late 1960s, my family stopped there on the way home from the Maritimes, where we often visited our eastern relatives in the summer.… Continue reading

Save something from the time where we will never be again

Hello again, and Happy New Year!

It’s 2023! I feel like a different person. Since the last Happy Monk bake day, seven weeks ago, I’ve been around the block a few times. Seen some things. Do you feel different, too? It’s an arbitrary mark, the passage of a year. But time has shifted yet again.

I’m sure it’s the same for all of us!… Continue reading