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The search for gold has been one of the most important activities that has shaped the modern world. It was the
gold rushes of the 1800’s that opened vast western territories of the United States for future settlement.
It was Huckleberry Heaven in the mountains above Trail BC in 1939, a year and a half after my mom and sisters arrived from Italy.
Trail’s beloved stonemason Guglielmo “Bill” Di Domenico has died. We are mourning his loss.
Driving north from Spokane along Highway 231 you’ll pass through the small town of Valley, Washington. If you stop here, you might feel like you’ve stepped back in time.
It seems like a lifetime ago I was a single mom with WIC checks and food stamps. It’s a time I don’t often share with people, let alone with our whole readership.
While visiting my youngest sister in the town of my youth, I answered a late night video call from my other sister who our mother is visiting across the country, and there’s a solemn request for the two of us to enter a super secret cone of silence for this conversation.
For 15 years the British Columbia Lymphedema Association has been advocating for those in BC that are dealing with Lymphedema.
Hitting up the Manager Specials and meat sales at the supermarket is one of my favorite ways to plan for future meals and save moola. Recently, there was an amazing sale on pork butts at Super 1 followed by a sale on chuck roasts.
The pool was ten feet deep and during the 1930’s it was open 24 hours a day. The cost for a dip? A dime!
