A Time of Change Gentle Deer was known to the Krause family and those who frequented their home and workshop as Helga. She’d visited the homeland of Chawathil First Nation traditional owners of the area of Canada where loggers operated on several occasions over the seven-year period she’d now been residing in Vancouver with her parents. She missed the company of her married sisters and … Continue reading Friendships Tried and Tested – Chapter 6
Otto Makes a Big Mistake Clara Hoffmann chatted animatedly with her friend Gisela Krause as they headed home from work in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia She’d grown up with the Otto and Mia Krause children Ben. Leo and Gisela as their neighbours on one side of their home, and Josef and Sophia Schwarz family and their children Elijah, Wylda and Leni as neighbours on the … Continue reading Friendships Tried and Tested – Chapter 1
Freya Finds Her Soulmate There was excitement at the ranch. It was time for Running Squirrel’s delivery and one of the cowboys was dispatched to the Indian camp to alert the chief and his family. They rode quickly and the wife of the chief and the local Dakota midwife rode back quickly to respond. Running Squirrel had been taken to Freya’s room to give her … Continue reading Freya Finds Her Destiny – Chapter 5
Freya Inherits the Ranch As a Lutheran the foreman would feel uncomfortable if he were not married to his Indian bride in a Christian ceremony and have the marriage recorded in government records, He knew marriage with Indians had been done frequently during pioneer days so it was not unheard of, but he was unsure how his fellow workers would handle him bringing Running Squirrel … Continue reading Freya Finds Her Destiny – Chapter 3
Trouble at the Indian Camp The pastor addressed the oldest man among ranch workers. “This ranch has potential and can be a good place for you to stay if the owner of the ranch wants to develop a team spirit with his workers. What would you say to that?” “He would need to make a lot of change in his attitude for us to agree … Continue reading Freya Finds Her Destiny – Chapter 2
Ari’s Inheritance At Risk Bjorn Gustafsson had ruled his family with a rod of iron and life had deteriorated for the family after the loss of his second wife Brigid. His first wife Edda had left two years into their marriage and fled across the border of Manitoba into the US state of North Dakota and was now happily married to another Swede who was … Continue reading Freya Finds Her Destiny – Chapter 1
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