The Time of Civilized Bears & The World of Witagg
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… The RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, originally called the North-West Mounted Police) have been written about since their creation […]
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. […]
: Panda Express Honey Walnut Shrimp Restaurant Recipe to Make at Home Peggy and Andrew Cherng opened their first Chinese restaurant in Glendale, California in 1983. With a stated mission to “deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives.” And putting out great menu […]
We knew that Bella was a top dog name when we got our little cocker spaniel. But we’d known that she was our little Bella the moment we met her. She had the biggest tail wags and bum wiggle of her litter — at least for us. What’s in a name. After […]
TOO MANY COOKS It’s been 10 years since this ol’ cook looked at the Great Culinary Series. And it’s a treat to see just how many of these titles are still available today. Food, of course, has been in literature from the beginning. Eve served a scrumptious Pomme d’Eden appetizer to Adam that […]
Who are these Civilized Bears? “Long, long ago, when Civilized Bears were new to the world and the land was still greening, there were many more Humans haunting their dark ruins…” Come to the Time of Civilized Bears. They’re warm, comic and love all living creatures. Yes, even the […]
