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The fall issue will mark Routes’ 2nd anniversary. It has been quite a ride. With the start of our 3rd year, we have some new additions to the magazine. Routes challenged writer and copy editor, Pat Fream, to contribute on a regular basis with her column, The Motherload, a witty and insightful look at raising [...]
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From the Publisher
The fall issue will mark Routes’ 2nd anniversary. It has been quite a ride. With the start of our 3rd year, we have some new additions to the magazine. Routes challenged writer and copy editor, Pat Fream, to contribute on a regular basis with her column, The Motherload, a witty and insightful look at raising [...]
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In Profile
Paul Rasporich
If Fire in the Belly is what I was looking for when I interviewed Okotoks artist Paul Rasporich, Fire in the soul is what he delivered. This artist’s story is indeed a tale of passion – fiery passion with a mystic twist. By Pat Fream Photos by Neville Palmer An artistic type since the tender [...]
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Talk About Town
A Strange Case
By Peter Worden Cattle rustling, to most of us, may be something that happens only in old westerns or the stuff of science fiction. But to cattlemen and ranchers in southern Alberta, it is has always been part of real life. Rural legends come farther-fetched than their urban counterparts, and usually have to do with [...]
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Talk About Town
A Strange Case
By Peter Worden Cattle rustling, to most of us, may be something that happens only in old westerns or the stuff ...
Coffee, Cake and Friendship
By M.L. Cofell There are people and places in life, that when visited, make you feel alive. You walk away with ...
Summertime – Go Fishing!
Flies, Fish and the Art of Deception By Sheila Sepkowski [caption id="attachment_998" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Sandra Wiebe and Jason Baxter on the Bow ...
Gnocchi di Patate (Potato Gnocchi Roman Style) By Mike Perrotta, Wild Thyme Café, Nanton Gnocchi di Patate PDF Serves: 6 Ingredients: 4 ½ pounds russet potatoes salt 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour 2 egg yolks melted butter grated parmesan cheese Method: Wash, but do not peel the potatoes. Boil them in salted water until soft. Remove potatoes [...]
Savoury Summer Salad Ingredients: 2 heads of butter leaf lettuce – individual leaves 18 cherry tomatoes, halved 8 leaves of fresh basil – chiffonade (cut into thin strips) ½ cup creamy chevre (goat cheese) ½ cup balsamic vinegar reduced to half* ½ cup cold pressed canola oil Maldon sea salt for sprinkling Method: Place lettuce on a serving platter then [...]
Paul Rasporich If Fire in the Belly is what I was looking for when I interviewed Okotoks artist Paul Rasporich, Fire in the soul is what he delivered. This artist’s story is indeed a tale of passion – fiery passion with a mystic twist. By Pat Fream Photos by Neville Palmer An artistic type since the tender [...]
Fire in the Belly: Kamla Hari McGonigal “The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.” – Elie Wiesel By Sandra Wiebe Breezing through university degrees faster than a speeding bullet, raising two boys, managing a nursing career, and baking specialty cakes all in a single bound, Kamla McGonigal comes across as a modern day superwoman. Yet through it all she [...]
From the Publisher The fall issue will mark Routes’ 2nd anniversary. It has been quite a ride. With the start of our 3rd year, we have some new additions to the magazine. Routes challenged writer and copy editor, Pat Fream, to contribute on a regular basis with her column, The Motherload, a witty and insightful look at raising [...]
Get Excited! Each issue I gather as many of our contributors as I can for a photoshoot. I do this for a reason – I think it’s nice to be able to put face to a writer. Also, I hope it will encourage you to send me an e-mail and comment on the styles and stories in [...]