A Fathers Day Tribute
My father, Ronald Dornn, died in 2010 after a ten-year battle with dementia. He was 87 years old and it was agonizing to watch his...
Hutterite Headlines: My Next Book
I received wonderful news last week. The Saskatchewan Arts Board awarded me a literary research grant to begin a 2-year journey which...
A Mothers Day Tribute
My mother, Mary Maendel was born in the spring of 1931 at Old Rosedale Hutterite Colony near Elie, Manitoba. Practically speaking she was...
A Hutterite Funeral
Last week I returned to Fairholme for my Uncle’s funeral. Providentially, my mother, sister Genie and I had been to Fairholme 2 days...
Easter on a Hutterite Colony
The following is an excerpt from Secrets of a Hutterite Kitchen It’s early April, and the trees are wearing their first flush of green as...
Do Hutterites Pay Taxes?
It’s tax season and I thought this might be a good time to answer one of the questions I am asked most frequently in relation to...
Hutterite Headlines
The following is an excerpt from Mary-Ann Kirkby’s best-selling book, Secrets of a Hutterite Kitchen . I’m waiting to have a visit with...
Hutterites & Catholics: A Time to Heal
On a warm summer afternoon when I was 6 or 7 years old while playing outside our community kitchen at the Fairholme Hutterite colony I...
Hutterite History, Jesus & Donald Trump
Last week, when I read this headline; Christians Now Have Powerful Champion in White House, referring to Donald Trump’s alliance with the...
Hutterite Bishops Take A Stand On Gay Hutterites: A Special Report
I’m sitting across the table from Tyrone Hofer at a restaurant in Winnipeg. We are cut from the same cloth so to speak; off-colony...
