Farm Living — page 811

Take eight dinner guests. Add one festive occasion. Toss with picture-perfect smiles. Mix together. Black’s Photography and Canadian Living magazine have recently introduced Making Memories – Food, Family, Friends and Photographs, a hardcover cookbook featuring recipes, entertaining and photography tips to help people turn special moments into lasting memories. “Whether you are planning a festive […] Read more

MSW, RSW Parents’ ongoing task to educate children Parents should be prepared to teach their children the facts and their values about sex and sexuality. Family life courses are needed in schools to provide an objective and perhaps less threatening way for children to receive correct information about their bodies and the physical and emotional […] Read more

What a beautiful autumn Thanksgiving day. It is bright, sunny and warm. Those farmers who haven’t finished their harvest are working hard combining and bringing in the bales. We dug the last of our carrots and potatoes and now have a winter supply tucked away. This year I feel thankful because our boys have come […] Read more

Through 35 years of counseling couples, I often thought of writing a book outlining how to keep a marriage healthy. Like Luke De Sadeleer, I saw myself as a coach rather than a counselor, educating people who were willing to learn about ways of keeping their marriages exciting and alive. De Sadeleer has written a […] Read more

If we stop to express thanks for all the good things in our lives, we won’t have time to complain. This Thanksgiving weekend, take time to reflect on what you are thankful for. I am thankful for family and grandchildren. One of the reasons grandchildren are so special is because once again we can return […] Read more

The various kinds of abuse are easy to describe. In my program for abusive men, we talked about many kinds of abuse: physical, emotional, verbal, psychological or sexual. But it is much easier to talk about the kinds of abuse than it is to take a good look at what abuse really is. We can […] Read more

I am sure that you have heard the saying, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. I believe this is also true with children. An elderly lady once told me that if your children are grumpy, the first thing you should try is giving them some nutritious food, and she did not […] Read more

The book, Another Country by Mary Pipher (Penguin Putnam, $19.95) caught my attention on a recent trip to Saskatoon, partly because it is on the topic of aging. Whether I like to admit it or not, I have to accept that at age 61, I am definitely moving on my way. Once the responsibilities of […] Read more

This summer we rented a pontoon boat for a day of fishing. It was relaxing and gave us an opportunity to visit and catch up on some of the things the kids have been doing this summer as well as just enjoying the scenery and the time together. We were all lucky enough to have […] Read more

Lack of respect is one of the biggest causes of abusive behavior in human relationships. Respect means regarding a person as someone of worth, and accepting them as they are, not what you want them to be. Respect means treating a person as an equal to you, and not somebody to be manipulated or used. […] Read more