The Time of Civilized Bears & The World of Witagg
How to stop Global Warming? What is climate change? It’s mid-winter in Canada as I write this. Haven’t forgot Climate Change, of course. But it’s drifted a bit off the Inner Radar, eh? Those Wildfires won’t be here till the dry Spring. Same with Storm damage. And Floods. We’ve got other things demanding […]
Mulan Dance Drama… The story of MULAN is one of the most evocative tales to reach our shores in a generation. An absolutely beautiful and stirring story of Hua Mulan, who disguises herself as a man in order to join the Chinese army. It’s a timeless legend of courage and honour. Hua Mulan, […]
To celebrate “Random Acts of Kindness Week” from February 12th – 19th, author H.D. Ronay is accepting random acts of kindness as payment for his new book MAGOO AND HIS MAGIC POO. “During the week that inspires good deeds and selfless acts, the first 100 people to share their random act of kindness on Instagram […]
Mountie Books and more… Posted on Canada Day, 2022 in honour of the heroic men and women who have served in the red serge uniform as members of the historic Force known today as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police… And the writers of all those Mountie Books! The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, originally called […]
Canadian Mountie novel… Excerpt from SPIRIT-OF-IRON Canadian Mountie Novel by Harwood Steele SPIRIT-OF-IRON, Manitou-Pewabic: An Authentic Novel of the North-West Mounted Police – A Mountie Secret Revealed NOTE: Harwood Steele wrote his classic novel, SPIRIT-OF-IRON, based on the life of his famous father — Sam Steele of the Mounted. This exciting excerpt from the novel […]
Northern Canada Book review The Canadian Northern (or Northwestern) novel once had a high place in the Best Seller fiction lists — back in the first half of the 20th Century. From the release of Jack London’s masterwork THE CALL OF THE WILD in 1903, stories of the Land of the Northern Lights drew an […]
Patriotic voices… Patriotic Voices: We were living in Post-War Yorkshire then. It had been a few months since we’d moved from Canada, but my memories of that forevergreen land were strong and I missed it. I had started school outside Mirfield, just turned age 5. When Dad saw I wasn’t being taught much about our […]
Our Two Great Canadian Literary Genres “The animals are us.” – Margaret Atwood When Charles G D Roberts created the Realistic Animal Story in the 1890’s, he gave the world the first Canadian Literary Genre. When the Reverend Charles William Gordon followed with his Corporal Cameron novels, he perfected the second great Canadian […]
THE DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND Today, we think more of dog stories by James Herriot than by a popular pulp fiction writer. But listen… Frederick Faust has been called “The Shakespeare of the Western Range.” (Kirkus Reviews). Faust published over 300 Western novels in his lifetime, using nineteen pseudonyms, of which he’s […]
“Just you and the love of your life and a happy team of sled dogs, alone together in the Great White North — that’s the last act of pure Freedom still available on the planet.” – Brian Alan Burhoe CALL OF THE NORTHWESTERN GENRE: BEST BOOKS, ANIMAL STORIES & MOUNTIE FICTION The […]
THE ADVENTURES OF RIN TIN TIN — And Rusty “The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.” We Boomers, boys and girls, loved it. I certainly did. Why not? It combined my two favourite genres: Animal Stories and Westerns/Northwesterns. Lots of outdoor action — and Rinty, played by Rin-Tin-Tin IV, was a natural. “Adventures” first aired on […]
“In Here, It’s Always Friday.” With great food like their Pecan-Crusted Chicken Salad, Strawberry Fields Salad with Chicken, Cedar Seared Salmon Salad, Jack Daniel’s Pulled Pork Sandwich, Jack Daniel’s Chicken Breast Dinner, Buffalo Wings, not to mention their famous Baked Potato Skins, Friday’s has become a great place for family or romantic get […]
“I made up for my dog-less boyhood…” Tame Animals We Have Known Maybe it’s losing Betty White, don’t know, but this Valentine’s Day we’re thinking of ALL our family members we love. Human. Canine. Feline. Those with us now, those of other years… We’re a four-dog family (one after another, and not […]
HOME COOKING: RED LOBSTER’S BEST RECIPES YOU CAN DO AT HOME – HERE ARE THE RECIPES FOR RED LOBSTER’S MOST POPULAR DISHES. Bill Darden wanted to open a new family-oriented restaurant. One where family values and enjoyment meant everything. But he didn’t want yet another fast-food place with a copycat burger menu. He […]
IT’S A PSYCHIC REVOLUTION! In 1882, the Society For Psychical Research, with such members as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, began modern Psychic Research. What are the discoveries of Psychic Research? “Millions of surfers are checking horoscopes, getting tarot readings, accessing dream interpretation and consulting with psychics on a daily basis. […]
