Caribou Drive
In his 1969 book Newfoundland, Harold Horwood recounts the story of a caribou drive in western Newfoundland in the late 1800s. He heard it in the Codroy Valley, from "an…
Plantar Fasciitis
Nearly a year ago, I bruised my heel. So I thought. When it didn't stop hurting, I went to my doctor. Plantar Fasciitis, he said. What's that, I said. The…
Jerry and Oscar
Two new horses, two new horse pedigrees to explore. Jerry was easy. He is registered with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) as Mea Classico Duster. His full pedigree, therefore,…
Cream Cheese Spread
My mother-in-law made us a book of family recipes. One is her mother's recipe for cream cheese, olives and nuts sandwich spread. That looks good, I'd think every time I…
Lum and Sarah McDonald
By Marji Smock Stewart, Finding the Rivers. The conclusion of her mother's parents Lum and Sarah (Brogan) McDonald's story. My grandfather Lum owned a small farm near Curdsville KY and…
English Channel 1944
William Stewart, a US Army Air Force Captain in World War II, tells about his flight across the English Channel on December 15, 1944. Enemy planes were a risk, yes,…
Sarah Brogan McDonald
By Marji Smock Stewart in Finding the Rivers. This is the maternal side of her family history, centring on Sarah Brogan. My grandmother was Sarah Clementine Brogan McDonald. She was…
Roxie Spencer
Without Roxie, the city of St. Thomas likely wouldn't have a dog park. At least not in 2010 when the first one was built. Because, a couple of years earlier,…
Swiss Steak
Here is a recipe for Swiss steak as made by Elizabeth (McDonald) Smock, and written down by her daughter Marji Stewart. That's Elizabeth's grandson who is cooking the Swiss steak…
35 Cent Grilled Cheese
Part VII, Finding the Rivers, Marji Stewart: Grilled cheese fortunes Our trip out west in 1946 was a real honeymoon. We were gone a month or longer and made some…