Hey, Good Lookin’ — What Ya Got Cookin’?
North of the 49th parallel, Thursday, November 6th is ‘National Men Make Dinner Day”. Why Dick Van Dyke? Gravel Roads could locate very few images of men in the kitchen, retro- vintage-dated. Other than...
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We Stand on Guard for Thee
Yesterday Cpl Nathan Cirillo, a 24 year-old doting father and Army reservist was fatally shot in the back. While standing unarmed in a ceremonial position. Cpl Cirillo was honorary guard at the Ottawa National War Memorial. His...
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...
Can’t Say I’ve Ever Been a Jamaican Bobsledder
Can’t say I couldn’t be. Can say I wouldn’t want to be. The first statement, a double negative. The second statement, a double positive. Did you take the time to watch this closing clip...
