Let’s Explore the Brubacher House!
This past summer, Andrew and I spent a bit of time exploring the Mennonite culture of Ontario. “We have to go see the Brubacher House!” […]
Places
Tombstone Row on Highway 30: Schoenthal?
Okay, here’s something I know absolutely nothing about. Back in August, Andrew and I were heading home from Altona, driving north along Highway 30, when […]
Matheson Grist Mill & Mennonite Settlers of Winnipeg
It was a pretty cold November day and I was stupidly underdressed, and therefore a pretty whiny companion for Andrew, as he endeavoured to show […]
Uncovering a Sense of My Local Identity
I often feel like I carry a cocktail of my family’s histories deep within my bones, pulsing through my blood and veins. Tender naivety. Raging […]
Wealth & Horror: The MHV’s Russländer Exhibit
I am not of Russländer descent, so I didn’t know anything at all about their story… until I met Andrew’s maternal grandmother. Suddenly I was […]