The Prairie Fiddler

Some may have noticed that I’ve added a new link to the sidebar of my homepage. Peel’s Prairie Provinces, developed and operated by the University

I’m going to bombard readers with yet another book by Guy Vanderhaeghe. I can do that because it’s my blog. It’s the summer of 1959

During the droughts of the 1930’s, grasshoppers became a huge problem in many areas of the prairies. Bill Waiser tells the story of ‘Criddle Mixture’

Born in Lumsden, Saskatchewan in 1905, Buck Kerr became a shining example of the quintessentially ‘Prairie’ native son. He drew in charcoal and ink, and

It seems some Saskatoon youngsters are enjoying time travel this summer. Read about it here.

Just to add to the crazy, eclectic collection of stories on my blog, I’m going to feature Harper Lee. I didn’t read ‘To Kill A