Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. A few weeks ago, Frances and I were discussing the Great Depression, the severe worldwide economic depression of the 1930’s, which started in 1929. One of the questions that came up was food supplies and production. This led to a great discussion on…
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Season 2.Episode 21: Frances on The Great Depression
Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. A few weeks ago, Frances and I were discussing the Great Depression, the severe worldwide economic depression of the 1930’s, which started in 1929. We still talk about the market crash of October 29, 1929 known as Black Tuesday. The 1930’s was a decade…
Season 2. Episode 20: The Trio on Joy
Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am joined by my mother, Frances, and my sister, Sarah, to discuss a subject that is very close to my heart. How do we define joy? How do we acknowledge our need for individuality as a well as connection and belonging within a…
Season 2.Episode 19: Frances on Building a Sod House
Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Today, Frances looks back to a time when sod houses or soddies were the homes of early settlers on the frontiers of the Great Plains of Canada and the United States. When the prairie lacked standard building materials such as wood or stone,…
Season 2. Episode 17: Frances on Community and the Ladies’ Aid
Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Frances and I are in the sewing room again, with the material stacked on one side of the room and on the other, the finished costumes for an upcoming dance performance. It’s exciting to see the progress, week to week on the colourful tutus…
Season 2. Episode 13: The Trio On 25 in 2020 Challenge
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” Oscar Wilde Welcome to Tea, Toast and Trivia. Thank you for listening in. Books book and more books. This year Frances, my mother, Sarah, my sister and I have embarked on a challenge to…
