Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XLV
Violet mulls and cogitates about the adventures she had and personal family events. She particularly enjoyed looking back at family...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XLIV
Like all of us, as time passed Violet ruminated about her adventures, she already had eleven grandchildren and eleven great-children. ...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XLIII
Violet was just going out the door when the phone rang, it was a hot day in August of 1981. It was her daughter-in-law Mardell in Orr,...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XLII
The first winter in Fairbanks were pedestrian for the Violet Kielczewski family. Violet enrolled her two youngest children, 10 year old...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XLI
After getting ashore and getting the outboard motors cleaned of sand and the evening meal, they wondered what challenges were to come. ...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XL
One look at the swift Tanana River and Violet wished they had not thought they could get boats up against the treacherous current, but...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXXIX
It was August of 1962. They said it just simply couldn’t be done and no wonder they shook their heads as a deep sea-troller attempted to...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXXVII
Violet didn’t have a visa to enter the United States, husband Orrah who was an American citizen had lived in Canada for over forty years...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXXVI
Son Floyd left British Columbia and married a gal from Chisholm, while daughter Elnora left for her old job in Fort Frances, Ontario. She...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXXV
Violet thought it sure was crowded in the two room cabin that was right above the tidal flats. There was a sawmill near them so the boys...