Kids, Don’t Try This At Home

January 11, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

There was a lake slough near the old farm-house were Dad grew up. It was there, that he learned to love hockey. It doesn’t get much more ‘Canadian’ than that. 🙂 Naturally, we all learned to skate as toddlers and the whole neighbourhood would come over to the rink Dad would build in our backyard. I was […]

A Canadian Tradition

November 4, 2012.Reading time 4 minutes.

Once upon a time, where ice and snow blankets the land for months on end, I learned to skate. Since I was only three years old, I needed a little help. Dad was probably saying, “uncross your skates Boomdee”, Ha! Look, my brother Kenny had already mastered standing on our icy back yard rink, no […]