Sending a mother’s love on Valentine’s Day

Come February 14 a small parcel arrived in the mail addressed to me. The year was 1960, and my husband had just taken a teaching position in a village north of Brandon. Perhaps the location struck a chord in my mother’s heart, for she and Dad had moved to that same vicinity back in the

Women’s network a winner

They’ve toured farms and foundrys, vacation farms and bird sanctuaries, Hutterite colonies and grain elevators. They’ve formed lifelong friendships. They’ve helped enrich lives and deepen appreciation for rural life. Now the Southwest Farm Women’s Network (SWFWN) adds a national award for outstanding achievement to its list of accomplishments. The grassroots women’s group in southwestern Manitoba


What’s This?

Here’s the short answer: we still don’t know. The answer we received most often from you was that this is part of the drive mechanism for a grain binder, but it was far from unanimous. Other readers believe it might be part of a windmill head, or even part of a blacksmith’s forge. Reader Joan