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Gail Bowen
Oct 23, 20221 min read
Food, Glorious Food!
A favourite family topic, and the subject of this edition of the newsletter!
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Gail Bowen
Sep 11, 20221 min read
Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III
Reflections on the passing of a torch...
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Gail Bowen
Sep 5, 20221 min read
The Sixties
Where were you in '62? Or '63? Or for the rest of that remarkable decade?
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Gail Bowen
Aug 1, 20221 min read
August Days
Did the summers always seem to fly by so quickly? Or is it because of the details we sift through when remembering them?
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Gail Bowen
Jul 10, 20221 min read
One step after another...
The manuscript for the new book is finished! But where, you may ask, does it go from here?
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Gail Bowen
Jun 12, 20221 min read
Pride parades
Yesterday was our city's Pride Parade, which took me back more than 30 years to when I marched in our parade's inaugural edition...
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Gail Bowen
May 14, 20221 min read
Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?
Not that I feel the least bit contrary; nor do I feel the least bit as regal as Mary, Queen of Scots, from whom this nursery rhyme...
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Gail Bowen
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Where does a love of story come from?
Not surprisingly, it often comes from those closest to us...
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Gail Bowen
Mar 6, 20221 min read
This week's newsletter
My hopes for a better world for my grandchildren, and for all the children who inhabit it...
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Gail Bowen
Feb 5, 20221 min read
Valentine's Day
The day approaches when we more so consider love in all its many forms, and I think of the work of a writer who encapsulates this concept...
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Gail Bowen
Jan 28, 20221 min read
Mentors
Who are the special people in your life that helped get you from A to B to C, and beyond? I'd like to share with you some of my mentors,...
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Gail Bowen
Dec 28, 20211 min read
Quotes for the New Year
2022 fast approaches, and as I replace my calendars – I still use some old-timey ones made from paper – I update a few thoughts to go...
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Gail Bowen
Dec 19, 20211 min read
Ye olde Christmas newsletter
From our family to yours...
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Gail Bowen
Nov 10, 20211 min read
Remembrance Day
Some recollections on growing up during a time of war...
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Gail Bowen
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Tricks and treats
Thoughts of Halloween past and present, of kids who have grown but remain kids at heart, perhaps including myself as such...
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Gail Bowen
Oct 6, 20211 min read
Gobble gobble
Canadian Thanksgiving will soon be upon us (in some form or fashion, depending), and as we hopefully get a chance to collect new and...
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Gail Bowen
Sep 5, 20211 min read
Hotels, and how I met Lady Bird Johnson
The title speaks for itself, even though the dual subjects may seem incongruous on first blush. The full stories follow in this week's...
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Gail Bowen
Aug 22, 20211 min read
Back to school!
Fall is in the air, and with it come thoughts of "back to school" for the various generations in our family...
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Gail Bowen
Aug 12, 20211 min read
Joanne Kilbourn Shreve #20 will soon arrive at a bookstore near you
With the arrival of the new book and its tacit approval by our resident shipping inspector (as photographed by our grandson Ben), it's a...
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3130 8 St E, Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2, Canada
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