This article appeared in the Jan. 13 issue of the Interlake Spectator… The celebration of Malanka is a Ukrainian folk holiday taking place on or around January 13th, which is New Year’s Eve in accordance with the Julian calendar. Malanka, also known as Schedryi Vechir (“Generous Eve”) marks the end… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Jan. 20 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Dianne Fitzmaurice operates a fibre art studio, heritage craft gallery, and butterfly and fibre farm, called Creature Comforts Cottage, from her Siglavik Rd. home, just south of Gimli. The creatures? Angora rabbits, Angora goats, Baby Doll sheep, llamas,… Continue reading
This inspirational article has not been previously published, by Teresa Carey… Evergreen Basic Needs, began very humbly when a pastor of the Lutheran Church in Gimli, Manitoba, had the idea of centralizing the food hamper service. Up to then, each church provided food hampers to its own congregation. Pastor George… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Jan. 6, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Linda Bradley, one of the brains behind “Earthly Basics Eco-Village Cooperative”, along with long-time friend Berty Jones, envisions a sustainable living co-operative outside Gimli that will provide affordable housing to low income earners. The pair has thought… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Dec. 9 issue of the Interlake Spectator… “All the old timers know me, and know what I’m about,” said Lynn Greenberg, Gimli mayor, “but to a lot of the newer people in town, I’m just a truck driver—That’s what I do for a living.” Greenberg… Continue reading
Komarno man joined merchant navy at age 16, by Teresa Carey. This article appeared in the Nov. 11, 2010 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Komarno’s Steve Maksymyk lays claim to being the Interlake’s sole marine. The 86-year-old joined the merchant Navy at age 16, after a Winnipeg priest gave him… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Jan. 12, 2007 issue of the Interlake Spectator… “50-50” is how one attendant at Meleb’s waste disposal site describes the recycling effort there, with half the people, mostly younger ones, recycling. As is the case with many of the waste disposal sites in the… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Jan. 12, 2007 issue of the Interlake Spectator… E-garbage, or electronic waste, has been described as “the most toxic component of solid waste”. An average television with a cathode ray tube contains up to seven pounds of lead, and a computer almost four pounds. These,… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Jan. 5, 2007 issue of the Interlake Spectator… From Sylvan to Arborg, and Sky Lake to Silver, then Rembrant, Meleb, and as far south as Fraserwood: This is the great circuitous route a trio of dedicated carollers travels in a quest to keep their traditions… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Dec. 15, 2006 issue of the Interlake Spectator… The glow of Christmas can be seen from a distance of at least a mile when you turn east from Hwy. 7 at the hamlet of Meleb after dark. Across the tracks, down the quiet, country road,… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Dec. 22, 2006 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Enrique Davila, a grade seven student, is happy he gets to sleep in until 7:30 a.m. on a school day, instead of five-minutes-to-six, as is the usual back in Mexico. He is one of four Mexican international… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Feb. 16, 2007 issue of the Interlake Spectator… They are in the bird business. No, they don’t raise chickens; not even ducks. Agatha and Wilmer Loewen specialize in Budgies or, more properly, Budgerigars, a species native to Australia and popular around the world as household… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Feb. 9, 2007 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Relaxation massage, pressure point therapy, reflexology, Hawaiian, Chinese, and deep tissue massage: Debbie MacIntosh incorporates all of these into her work as a masseuse at the Beauty Garden Spa, in Gimli. “The more courses I take, the… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Jan. 19 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Manitoba’s Interlake is really quite an amazing place. Consider the beauty of its forests and fields, its big lakes, and the vast expanse of an ever-changing sky. Imagine cross-country skiing on a moonlit night, or happening upon a… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Jan. 26 issue of the Interlake Spectator. By Teresa Carey… “The slowness of the exercise gives the body and mind time to connect with each other,” said Jack Borsa, 67-year-old Tai Chi instructor in Gimli. Jack used to be in the Royal Canadian Navy, where he… Continue reading
In case anyone is wondering, this piece is metaphoric… I took him into me whole. It was like an inbirth, almost like possession. I had the sense of something needing changing–some darkness that must be transformed. I cast out the Devil’s talon (as I had envsioned the problem) so that… Continue reading
Lapus lazuli earrings set in sterling silver is what I bought myself today, because I needed to. Blue spirit. Reflection. A mirror. Water spirit flows to the unfathomable in myself. To find out who I am and what I need. The unconscious. The merge. Deep movement. Love of God between… Continue reading
I feel another change coming on, but I don’t know what. Something to do with communication. That’s why I’ve been having trouble writing lately. I want to say more than the words that come out. My feelings are more complex than the words that I have available on the surface… Continue reading
I took a two-hour walk today, down Wolseley Ave., right to the end and back home. It was completely wonderful. I looked at each and every house along the river. At one point I had found myself at a little clearing, and tears came to my eyes as I surveyed… Continue reading
Trying to sleep last night was a Hellish experience. I couldn’t stop my mind from thinking, or my ears from picking up every creek and hiss and thump of the radiators. I had been working on writing out interpretations of L.’s planetary aspects–two and a half hours of it just… Continue reading