I miss many things about Saskatchewan, some that are not even gone. I still miss the old Capitol Theatre in Saskatoon, the interior reminded me of Romeo and Juliet, and it was part of my childhood. Torn down for a…
Mourning in Saskatchewan
William Perehudoff obituary
It’s not easy dealing with the death of a loved one, and this is the loss of a much adored father. It doesn’t matter expected it might be, you’re never prepared. It’s always a shock, as if a volcano…
Lake Manitou, Saskatchewan’s mysterious spa waters
I’m sitting on a bench, chatting to my mother while soaking in the warm pools at Manitou Springs in Saskatchewan. Suddenly I notice my mother rising up from the bench and floating away. Yes folks, my mother can levitate.…
Art for all seasons, Rebecca Perehudoff at Gallery Art Placement
Even with a freak snowstorm the turnout was great for Rebecca Perehudoff’s (aka my sister Becky’s) art show at Gallery Art Placement in Saskatoon. Of course this was an exclusive affair and many people were left out in the cold…
New niche travel style, Family Painting Travel
I may as well stop travel writing, and just concentrate on family travel. Oh, wait. Can you do family travel when sometimes there is no one, or maybe only one family member with you? Let’s not call it family travel,…
Who needs Muskoka when you can have Saskatchewan?
I managed to sneak a few days in northern Saskatchewan before the end of summer, and I would just like to say this is one unsung destination. Where else can you get lakes like this? Oh, right. Muskoka has lakes.…
Saskatchewan – a mind-boggling experience even John Cage could appreciate
Strange things happen in bogs, especially in northern Europe where all kinds of rituals and magical rites went on during the Iron Age. I just wrote about visiting a bog, or muskeg, just near Waskesiu Lake in northern Saskatchewan. Read…
Our Lady Peace and my most famous relative
How can Our Lady Peace be playing tonight in Saskatoon and I not be there to see them? Because, you see, Saskatoon is my hometown and Duncan Coutts, the bassist, is my mom’s cousin’s son. And my mom lives in Saskatoon.…
Canada’s Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and the Mendel Art Gallery controversy.
How can I leave my hometown of Saskatoon without mentioning the Great Mendel Controversy? Last time I was here it was the Great Mural Controversy, with a campaign to save my father’s – artist William Perehudoff’s - murals from the about-to-be-demolished…
Who says Saskatoon isn’t hip?
The temperature might be low but the hip factor of Saskatoon has risen with the installation Through and Through and Through by artist Marie Lannoo at the city’s Mendel Art Gallery. My mom and I went down to the gallery to…