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Each week I share a short original story about life in rural Canada. There are moments of nostalgia and other times when you will be wondering what will happen next. Some episodes are poignant, some are funny, others are insightful. All are short. With episodes under 10 minutes, you have just enough time to finish your coffee or tea while you enjoy a memorable story.
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Learning Gaelic - Episode 43
Send a textSusanne's Scottish ancestors may or may not have spoken Gaelic when they landed in the colony of Canada in 1854. Somehow she's drawn to the language either by blood memory or wishful…
A Surprise Trip to the Bottom - Episode 42
Send a textFrom snow storms to once in a lifetime opportunities, travel with Susanne and her daughter Kate as they take on one of the seven wonders of the world.If you would like to receive my weekly…
A Maple Syrup Day in the 1970's - Episode 41
Send a textMaple Syrup making has changed significantly over the centuries, but a day in the forest in the 1970's is vivid for Susanne. Join her this week as she recounts this truly Canadian…
Going to the Moon, Again
Send a textMore than 50 years after the first efforts to orbit and land on the moon, there is another NASA-led enterprise to circle the moon. And this time, a Canadian is scheduled to be on…
Bad News comes in an Old Letter
Send a textWhen Susanne finds a letter from 1965 address to her Grandfather she is taken back to a terrifying afternoon when the grandkids were terrified of an attack but one of them was brave…
Family Traditions Start Simple
Send a textA photographic family tradition has stretched over 130 years and across the North American continent. Susanne shares a family tradition that still gives their family joy. If you would like…
Oat Cakes Remembered
Send a textEpisode 37. This is something different. It is a short excerpt from a longer historical fiction piece that I am writing. It is based on the true exhumation of the largest skeleton of…
Cross Border Cousin Connections
Send a textWhen all of Susanne's great Aunts moved to the United States looking for work in the 1930's in made a big shift in her family's history. Today, with the uncertainty between the United…
Cooking in the Danger Zone
Send a textKnowing a little bit about food handling safety procedures can make you uneasy when you are making sausages at home. Join Susanne and she and her family try to make venison summer sausage…
A Night Before Christmas Gift
Send a textThe Night Before Christmas was first published over 200 years ago. Reading it is one of Susanne's favourite Christmas traditions. Please take a few minutes, sit back with your family and…
The Remnants of Christmases Past
Send a textAfter the hubbub of the holiday passes, memories and meals are mixed with loss and laughter to create another Christmas surrounded by family and pets. Susanne reflects on Christmas 2024…
It Took Nine Seconds
Send a textYears of worry ended in nine seconds when all the stars aligned for the new cupola to be installed during the major reconstruction project of the Crazy 8 Barn in Palmyra, Ontario.Let…
Osage Oranges from Décor to Guerilla Gardening
Send a textCan you imagine finding a heritage home filled with the gigantic fruit of an Osage Orange tree? Well, Susanne did and you can find out here how that adventure turned out. If you would…
Frosty in the Summertime
Send a textYou can conjure up that old Christmas feeling anytime if you have an old Victrola and a group of rangy kids. Hear how Susanne and her friends and family brought an old snowman back to…
Tamaracks are Golden Memories
Send a textWhen the Tamarack trees turn gold in the cool days of November, Susanne recalls the days when private pilots were plentiful and friendships were formed through flight and food. You'll hear…
First Snow Brings Back Memories
Send a textArtists from around the world collaborated to make one of the most cherished Christmas animation movies from the past half century. It was one of Susanne's favourites. Find out how it…
S1E28 Creating a Goddess of the Corn
Send a textWhen harvest rolls around, we want to show our appreciation. One autumn Susanne and Manfred created a Corn Queen to honour the bounty of the harvest. This week you'll hear how they…
S1E27 Reaching in to the Dangers of the Past
Send a textSusanne has plugged the combine while harvesting corn. Listen where she wanders to as she reflects on the dangers that have faced farmers in the past and how they coped with them. If you…
S1E26 A Harvest Race
Send a textSusanne takes you into the combine with her as they race against the weather and the setting sun to finish up a soybean harvest. If you would like to receive my weekly Saturday morning…
S1E25 Late Night Landings
Send a textSusanne re-imagines how her family could have come together to make a safe landing spot for her parents who were trying to get home in their small aircraft before dark. It's a unique look…
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Happy to be Canadian has published 43 episodes since May 2025, covering topics in Arts, Comedy.
Happy to be Canadian is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 7m.
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