They tell me that in Hawaii the temperature varies about 7° throughout the course of the year, and they say at the South Pole, while the temperature varies more than that, it nevertheless always stays below the freezing point. In other words there are places on earth that have no seasons, or more accurately, they
The Jacksons
The Jacksons
A strong south wind rattled the windows of the Jackson house and howled noisily through the eavestroughs. The last vestiges of snow melted rapidly on the roof and formed a small river at the bottom of the downspout at the southeast corner of the house, and a pair of crows argued noisily in the big
The Jacksons, Feb. 23
Jennifer Jackson stared in silence at the computer screen in front of her, her index finger poised above the return key on the keyboard. Click. Click. Clickclickclickclickclickclick! Nothing. “You got a problem?” Jennifer’s mother Rose peered at her over her reading glasses from across the table. “The Internet connection is gone,” said Jennifer. “It just
The Jacksons, Feb. 9, 2012
Andrew Jackson turned on the windshield wipers as he pulled into town and scanned the street in front of the café for an empty parking spot. It’s not every year that you have to use your windshield wipers on January 29 in central Manitoba. In fact it’s probably not even every decade. It really doesn’t
The Jacksons
We’re a week into January and the temperature continues to hover around zero at the Jackson house. Same as last year, only last year it was zero inside the house, not outside. That was the night when the furnace quit working late in the evening and no one noticed until Andrew awoke in the morning,
The Jacksons – for Nov. 10, 2011
That is unequivocally the best apple crisp I have ever had! Karen Toews nudged her husband Grant who sat next to her at the Jackson dining room table still working on his own helping of the sweet, wonderful dessert. Don t you agree honey? Grant finished his mouthful before he spoke. Unbelievable! he said. Better
The Jacksons – for Sep. 29, 2011
Andrew Jackson shuffled sleepily into the kitchen and wandered over to the counter where he picked up the coffee pot and poured himself a steaming cup of freshly brewed coffee. Opening the fridge, he reached in and pulled out the cow-shaped creamer, from which he poured a generous dollop into his cup, added a heaping
The Jacksons – for Sep. 15, 2011
o? How was it? Rose Jackson asked the question as she sat down across from her daughter Jennifer, who stared blankly at a heavy hardcover book that lay open on the dining room table in front of her. Huh? How was what? Jennifer shifted her attention to her mother. How was your first day back
The Jacksons – for Sep. 1, 2011
Andrew Jackson leaned back in his lawn chair and looked out across the yard towards the pasture. To his left sat Randy and Jackie, with little Andrew Jr. on her lap, and to his right sat Rose and Jennifer. All of them faced out toward the pasture, their chairs arranged in a semicircle. On the
The Jacksons – for Aug. 4, 2011
“So what’s on your wedding wish list?” Rose Jackson set her glass of lemonade down on the patio table as she asked the question, and her future daughter-in-law, Amanda, did the same with her own glass before she answered. “That depends,” she said, “whether you’re talking about my ‘here’s what I want in the real-world
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
