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
The Triumphant Return The letter from Ben in response to his father’s apology was positive. He was glad to forgive his father and to hear Otto approved his choice of Clara as his chosen partner for life. He told his father while his punishment had caused Ben physical and mental suffering in fact the event had done him a favour. He could never have saved … Continue reading Friendships Tried and Tested – Chapter 4
Strife Between Neighbours Ben swept past his father without looking at him and exited the home. Otto smiled bitterly. He’d be back when he cooled off and realized he had no place to go and needed food and shelter. Ben paused outside the Hoffmann home briefly and then on impulse he strode to the front door and knocked loudly. It was late and he hoped … Continue reading Friendships Tried and Tested – Chapter 2
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
Horst Weber The Reverend Horst Weber sat in his study preparing his sermon for the coming week. His sermons were encouraging. He was proud of his Bohemian religious background and shunned the itinerant self-appointed pastors who descended on a village in those days preaching hellfire and brimstone and moved on to the next village after accepting the offerings of those fearful for their future afterlife … Continue reading Novac Family Rises from the Ashes – Chapter 3
Novac’s Filip Novac looked out over the vast expanse of his property. His great grandfather had been one of the lucky ones to get a land grant from the government as the push for more land from those who were fleeing from the emerging dense settlements of the east coast sought to get away from the sedentary and sometimes life-threatening practices of these emerging cities. … Continue reading Novac Family Rises from the Ashes – Chapter 1
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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