This Year in History, 1933
November 19, 1933. Josephine Sianchuk marries Joseph Sworak. Mother was 20 years of age. While Dad had just marked his 22 birthday, two days earlier on November 17. He’d go on to repeat every year...
Category: Family, Values, Ethics
The Tennessee Waltz, 1958
November 19, 1958. Mother and Dad’s 25th wedding anniversary. The dance band is playing at the old log community hall, near Larisa School. Can’t you just hear Leonard Borsa on guitar? Applause. Voices from the crowd calling for Jean....
And With the Same Woman, 1983
November 19, 1983. Mother and Dad’s 50th wedding anniversary. All are assembled at the Seniors’ gathering place, the Drop In Center on main street, Wishart. Applause. Voices from the crowd. Twenty-five years ago they were...
What it Means to be a Rural Woman, Part III
Living alone, or as Mother put it, a ‘grass widow’. My Mother (1959 – 1971) In November 1971 — Turning 16 years of age on November 7, Gravel Roads was issued a bona fide driver’s license by Saskatchewan...
What it Means to be a Rural Woman, Part II
Operator, long distance, please . . . . My Mother (1944-1959) By ’44 or so, Mother moved the family from the southeast corner of the half-section of land, to the northwest corner, where the new white house...
What it Means to be a Rural Woman, Part I
The United Nations sets aside October 15th as ‘International Day of Rural Women’ to ‘recognize the critical role and contribution of rural women . . . .’ I’ve set aside every one of my ±21,170 days on this...
