With two recently released books, author Helen C. Escott discusses her unusual yet productive year
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Helen C. Escott didn’t intend to have two books published this fall, but as a retired civilian member with the RCMP and COVID-19 leaving her housebound for most of 2020, she found ample time
The school I went to was partly a boarding school, although I was not a boarder. It was not private, but it fancied itself above the rest in a snotty way. It was all a bit British in tone.
We had school uniforms that included breeches (breeks) that came to
Alexandria Nash of Burchies Gourmet Donuts wows customers with decadent and inventive creations, while paying tribute to her beloved late father
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Something sinfully sweet and indulgent this way comes. If you find yourself detached from the tangled web that is social media, you’ll be excused from being unaware of
Mary Walsh and Cathy Jones, along with their alter egos, Mrs. Enid and Mrs. Eulalia, travel the country with funny bones intact proving age is nothing but a number
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They are not just two ladies in their 80s proving life is better with age, they are so much more.
Easter outfits. Those were the good ol’ days, weren’t they? How old do you have to be to have earned the right to make such comments officially, I wonder? I figure, at 51 and climbing, I’ve just about made it. So here it goes.
I remember when we received new
Regular readers of these humble offerings will know that I am a monarchist. I have been in lock step with the Queen and her family from the day I was born. I had a Windsor baby carriage, just like Prince Charles. I remember the death of the Queen’s father George
Being a rotational worker is tough at the best of times, but during a pandemic, thoughts of family is often a heartache that brings tears while keeping families apart
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Lori Loveless hasn’t seen her father Howard in quite some time, though she has no doubt that he loves her
A photo memory popped up this morning from 11 years ago. In it, my daughter – one at the time – sat playing at a table with another child her age. I remember that day well. We still lived in an outport back then, and we dearly embraced most things
East meets West as NL’s Mallory Johnson and BC sister duo Twin Kennedy unite for the timely and emotional anthem Wise Woman
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Chasing your dreams can make for strange bedfellows. Factor in a touch of the homesick and the ties that bind of true-north-strong-and-free pride and you’ve got a
You know I was born at just the right time. I am the oldest of the baby boomers because I showed up in 1946 less than a year after the end of WWII.
I watched Newfoundland through all of the last half of the 20th century. I am old enough