To write a few words about an ordinary day in my life doesn’t seem like too big of a task and yet now, as never before in the span of my lifetime, there are no ordinary days. Yesterday I paused at the door to a coffee shop before I entered—it was to be the first […]
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Linda Hoye
March 1 – It’s Winter Now
by Linda Hoye It’s winter now. On some days the snow falls like feathers, on others it glistens like diamonds in the late-winter sun. Today, the sun shines bright, tricking me into thinking it’s warmer out there than it really is. From the sanctuary of my woman cave, where the hum of the heater and […]
January 8 – Traffic Stop
by Linda Hoye I’m sitting in traffic, stopped, as the city workers tend to yet another thing on the only street leading into our neighbourhood. The work has been going on since early summer. They’re painting crosswalks now; I think that means it’s almost finished. A man in a vehicle two cars in front of […]
January 2 – A Very Special Lunch
by Linda Hoye January 2, 2009 My daughter is sitting up in bed, smiling and crying at the same time. There is an indescribable glow about her “Congratulations, Mommy!” I embrace her and kiss her forehead. Satisfied that she is okay, I turn toward the baby warmer. The nurse is bustling about but steps aside […]
July 3 – Full Circle
By Linda Hoye We stand atop a small hill in the middle of a field on the Saskatchewan prairie: me, my husband, my cousin, and her husband. I met this cousin for the first time today; she and her husband have graciously taken us on a drive to see the land where our grandparents farmed. […]