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ON THE SCENE:

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READ MY BOOK:

The Gormley Papers: I’m Right & You Know It P. 13

A WRITER

BY NATURE CANDACE SAVAGE CULTIVATES HER LOVE OF THE PRAIRIES INTO A LITERARY LANDSCAPE P. 4

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April 18, 2014 — 10:44 a.m.

Easter tradition

Lu Kyu (left) and Lyle Petryna (centre) carry a cross during the annual Stations in the City held in downtown Regina. QC Photo by Michael Bell

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Saskatoon non-fiction writer, passionate prairie person and nature advocate Candace Savage plays with her three dogs. QC photo by Michelle Berg

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IN THE CITY — 2 A moment in time: Photographer Michael Bell’s best shot of the week ON THE COVER — 4 A writer by nature, Candace Savage cultivates her love of the prairies into a literary landscape ON THE SCENE — 9 Young designers in the spotlight at fashion show hosted by File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council Women’s Council SPACES — 10 Beauty and light fill a creative co-working space in downtown Saskatoon OUTSIDE THE LINES — 12 Artist Stephanie McKay’s weekly colouring creation

READ MY BOOK — 13 The Gormley Papers: I’m Right & You Know It SHARP EATS — 14 The future of urban agriculture and sustainable food production

Haille Stevenson Walker on the runway at the youth fashion show put on by the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council Women’s Council at the Conexus Arts Centre last week. QC Photo by BRYAN SCHLOSSER

ASK ELLIE — 16 CROSSWORD/SUDOKU — 17 EVENTS — 18 What you need to know to plan your week WINE WORLD — 23 Return to simpler wine times with a bottle of Brotherhood Merlot

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People who love the prairies are its last best hope — Candace Savage

C a n d a c e S ava g e

Writer digs into her prairie roots for inspiration

By Ashley Martin “Jo! Jo! Where are you?” cried Meg at the foot of the garret stairs.

“Here!” answered a husky voice from above, and, running up, Meg found her sister eating apples and crying over the Heir of Redclyffe, wrapped up in a comforter on an old three-legged sofa by the sunny window. This was Jo’s favourite refuge; and here she loved to retire with half a dozen russets and a nice book, to enjoy the quiet and the society of a pet rat who lived nearby and didn’t mind her a particle. — Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, 1868 Candace Savage’s relationship with words began with bedtime stories.

For a half hour or more each night, Edna Sherk read to her three daughters, the eldest of whom became a wordsmith as she inhaled children’s classics.

Little Women was her favourite, the story of four daughters, one a writer with a pet rat.

“Who knows how influential that was?” said Savage.

In a childhood spent shuffling across the Alberta prairie, she became acquainted with her future subject matter: Of her 28 books, 20 are about nature and six are set in the Prairies.

The beauty of the landscape captivated her; she continues to explore it with a gaggle of pets and her partner of 22 years, Keith Bell.

“When you’re in a place that doesn’t shout at you, like a mountain shouts at you, then there’s room for thoughts and feelings to sort of echo around and amplify.”

■ ■ ■ ■ But it wasn’t until I tried to leave that I knew I had somehow become a deep-down, died-in-the-wool prairie person. This land was flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone. Nearly as I can tell, it was my mother’s doing …

— Prairie: A Natural History, 2004

Saskatoon non-fiction writer, passionate prairie person and nature advocate Candace Savage at her home with some of her published works. qc photo by Michelle Berg

Savage was born Dec. 2, 1949 in Grande Prairie, Alta., very nearly in a pickup truck, to teacher parents, Edna Humphrey and Harry Sherk.

As their eldest child, Savage reaped the benefits of years of bedtime stories, the rhythm of the words seeping

into her imagination every night into her preteen years. Marilyn was three years her junior, and Eileen six.

Moving 14 times in her first 14 years of life as her father’s job dotted them across Alberta, one thing Savage could count on was the monthly

children’s book the family received in the mail through Junior Deluxe Editions. With chancy public libraries in her hometowns, “Those books were a real treasure for us.”

They filled a shelf in the Sherk home.

In spite of moving so much, or perhaps because of it, the region became her home.

She’s a self-described “prairie person.” Her roots are here, since her ancestors came to Alberta in the early 1900s from Missouri and Ontario.

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It is a highlight of my career, the opportunity to work with Candace for so long.

— Rob Sanders

She lived a spell in the Northwest Territories, but her prairie home sense called her back.

“Mothers are very important people and I think some of this I inherited from her, that sense of connection,” said Savage.

■ ■ ■ ■ “Writing books is my way of getting an education.” — A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape, 2012 When she finished high school in 1967, Savage moved to Edmonton to pursue an honours English degree at the University of Alberta. There, she met her future husband, Arthur Savage, a physics graduate. His work brought them to Saskatoon.

She started graduate school herself, in history and biology, several times, but never stuck it out.

“I think I’d gone through school sort of assuming if you got enough education, you could become an honorary man,” said Savage. “I came to realize that that wasn’t the case.”

Whether or not it was Thoreau’s influence, she decided university was not the best place for her anyway. “I didn’t want to wait ’til I was retired to do what I wanted to do.”

She wanted to be a writer, but she wasn’t sure how to go about it. A fear of criticism kept her from creative writing classes.

But one thing led to another when she received a grant to write articles about women in history for Saskatchewan weekly newspapers. Then she became a freelance editor at Western Producer Prairie Books, which “demystified” the writing process for her, and charted the course for the rest of her career.

There, she worked with editor Rob Sanders, whom she remembers as a “distant, dishevelled presence” during her university days. When Sanders moved to Douglas & McIntyre in Vancouver, Savage gained a new publisher. Now Sanders’ Greystone Books is her editorial home.

“She’s just a wonderful, wonderful writer,” said Sanders, with a “phenomenal drive to not be satisfied until she knows that she knows.

“It is a highlight of my career, the

Photos of Candace Savage’s parents, Edna Humphrey and Harry Sherk, who were both teachers. QC photo by Michelle Berg

opportunity to work with Candace for so long.”

■ ■ ■ ■ Nellie’s literary education was no sooner underway than she started to dream of writing. She would be a novelist, she decided … But fiction took too long to write ... — Our Nell: A Scrapbook Biography of Nellie L. McClung, 1979 Savage’s first story was written as a seven-year-old in Brownies. She thinks it was probably about fairies, though she doesn’t quite recall;

it was published in the Dawson City newspaper.

Now, non-fiction is “far enough away from home for me.”

“I understand that people who are writing fiction are writing about the real world … But I’m more interested in trying to explore things at a closer distance without the intermediary of making things up,” said Savage.

“I’ve written a lot about other species and other times and so you’re always still creating.”

She exercises her imagination writing about history and natural science. Specifically, she’s written more than two dozen volumes run-

ning the gamut: wolves, witches and wizards; cowgirls and cats; birds and beauty queens.

Her first solo book, a biography of suffragette Nellie McClung, was published in 1979. The same year marked the birth of her daughter Diana.

Two years later, Savage’s husband died of necrotizing fasciitis, flesheating disease. He was 32.

“He went from being healthy to being dead in just the space of a few days. It was pretty devastating,” said Savage. “(Diana) saved my life just by being there.”

She returned to Edmonton to be closer to family, then to Yellowknife,

and ultimately back to Saskatoon in 1990.

■ ■ ■ ■ But no matter what subject I’m addressing, my goal has always been the same: to write accurately and with feeling about real things, organisms, people and events, and to honour the magic of language. — Curious By Nature, 2005 Savage’s love of the natural world predisposed her to more than half of her titles.

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I’m more interested in trying to explore things at a closer distance without the intermediary of making things up.

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Candace Savage’s relationship with words began with bedtime stories. Little Women was one of her favourites. Her new cat Louisa May Alcat is named after Little Women author Louisa May Alcott.

QC photo by Michelle Berg

“If you were relatively comfortable reading scientific literature, and then able to translate some of those discoveries into (a) more humane kind of language, it was something I was able to do. But it certainly started out as pure pleasure and delight,” said Savage.

“She’s made natural history fun,” said Sanders. “To present it in a way that non-specialists can understand it and really, really enjoy it and find themselves becoming curious.”

Savage lives in the company of two chirping budgies, three dogs and an authorally named cat. It’s always been this way.

As a child, her nickname was Spider Candy.

Every recess she’d hunt for arachnids and cart them home in a Velveeta cheese box.

“I think most people are fascinated by other living things when they’re children,” said Savage. “The fascination didn’t dim.”

She had some pets growing up; her daughter had exponentially more, among them an iguana, a snake and a rabbit — though “I think she was just cover for me.”

It was in that setting that Savage first met Bell. She answered his personal ad in the StarPhoenix: “Friendly, attractive professional man, early 40s, seeks sincere, intelligent woman to enjoy adventures, travel, the arts …”

Their first meeting was at her house.

“Amidst the salamanders and the mice and the turtles and the hairy dog, we had a big talk,” said Savage.

“He was a keeper from the very beginning.”

In 22 years together, their adventures have included trips to Argentina and Tanzania, but it’s a town in southwest Saskatchewan that has held the most appeal.

Since first visiting Eastend 20 years ago, then again in 2000 in research for her book Prairie: A Natural History, Savage has been captivated by the place — the latter time due to their old van breaking down thrice on the way out of town.

She found Eastend was a “simulacrum” of all the prairie towns she’d lived in as a child, and of her mother’s childhood home near Hanna, which “had always existed in my imagination.”

“I think I felt at home but I also knew this was in its own way a spectacular place and an exotic place even though it pretends just to be a bunch of cow pastures,” said Savage.

This dramatic “nowheresville” inspired her latest book, A Geography of Blood, which in 2012 won Canada’s most lucrative non-fiction literary prize, the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize.

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There are many, many fine writers in this province who are routinely producing wonderful books. So that’s a great privilege to have a circle of friends and acquaintances that include so many brilliant people. — Savage

It also inspired Savage and Bell to buy a house in Eastend about 12 years ago; the real-estate agent suggested they were coming there to retire, which was “quite comforting because it meant that somebody thought he knew what we were doing by buying that house,” said Savage.

That’s not their plan — they love Saskatoon. It’s big enough, but not so big it’s uncomfortable, said Savage, whose daughter Diana and two-year-old granddaughter Asha also live there.

But they try to visit Eastend at least monthly. The excitement of the place draws them back: the river and its wildlife, the variety of birds, the fossils encased in rock, the beauty of the grasslands.

■ ■ ■ ■ The wide open spaces of the Great Plains are a landscape of hope.

Here is an ecosystem that has experienced the full onslaught of modernization in one brief historical instant and that, though battered and torn, still inspires us with its splendour. This is a country filled with light. — Prairie: A Natural History, 2004 In her years on the prairie, Savage has realized the natural landscape is in “terrible jeopardy.”

“You can’t study the grasslands without ... starting to feel a lot of grief and concern,” she said. She tries to stay engaged and involved in conservation efforts to prevent further loss.

“People who love the prairies are its last best hope, and I really believe that, that we need to act on our love,” said Savage. “At the very least we can make things less worse than they would have been.”

She was a Nature Conservancy of Canada board member for five years and is a founding member of Wild About Saskatoon, a collective that tries to raise awareness of urban nature.

“We need to remember that we’re all natural and that we’re all still a little wild,” said Savage, even in cities. “We still breathe the air, drink the water, eat plants and

A Geography of Blood won the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize in 2012, Canada’s most lucrative prize for works of non-fiction. QC photo by Michelle Berg

animals.”

To that end, Wild About Saskatoon hosts the NatureCity Festival, being held May 25-31 around Saskatoon, of which Savage is the coordinator.

■ ■ ■ ■ Consider the miles flown, the lives spent, the prodigious efforts of these insects. And remember, too, that flowers are notoriously fickle. — Bees: Nature’s Little Wonders, 2008

Savage’s next literary project, which she is reluctant to discuss, may be a sequel to the last one, or so she hopes.

It was a great success, “a little distracting and bewildering,” win-

ning a $60,000 prize (which is still sitting in her bank account, by the way) and being listed in the Globe and Mail’s Top 100 books of 2012.

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Some days you take pit runs, whatever happens to come out in the scoop, and then other days you’re just getting this beautiful white sand trickling through your mind. — Savage

“I found it incredibly moving and painful at the same time,” Hilary Weston juror Charlotte Gill told the National Post. “It was really striking from the very first read.”

“The writing she brought to that book,” said Sanders, “was just brilliant. It was a whole new level for her. I was really excited to see that happen.”

Over the years, Savage’s books have been published around the world (including across Europe, in Australia and the U.S.) and have sold well, said Sanders, but she has been rather overlooked in parts of Canada.

A Geography of Blood shocked those who have discounted her all these years, said Sanders.

“There was still always this kind of grudging acceptance of her east of Manitoba as a serious writer,” said Sanders. “If they’d been watching ... they would have been very much aware of that incredible bright light on the prairies.”

A Geography of Blood took almost eight years to write, or rather, not write ON HER BOOKSHELF — “that’s part of the pro- “Somebody wise once said you have cess too. You don’t want to read a library to write a book,” said to procrastinate endlessly, Savage. For pleasure, though, here are but not writing can be part some of her recent reads: of the process.”

■ The New Yorker, which she reads Savage doesn’t believe every week. in writer’s block; it’s just a ■ Americanah — Chimamanda Ngozi matter of figuring out what Adichie you want to say, which can ■ Bring Up the Bodies — Hilary Mantel be helped by a bit of extra ■ The Road is How — Trevor Herriot scribbling, or a walk, or al- ■ Flying Time — Suzanne North ternate distraction.

■ National Dreams: Myth, Memory and (She’s played the accordi- Canadian History — Daniel Francis on in the Saskatoon Fiddle ■ Frontier Farewell: The 1870s and the Orchestra since 2004. She End of the Old West — Garrett Wilson learned as a child; being (re-reading for the third time) such an itinerant family, ■ Louis Riel and the Making of Modern “We couldn’t carry around Canada — Jennifer Reid a piano I guess.” She also ■ La Petite Poule d’Eau — Gabrielle Roy started horseback riding at ■ The Trouble With Beauty — Bruce Rice age 50, part of her research ■ Camp Outlook — Brenda Baker for her book Cowgirls.)

There are many days when things don’t come easily; she likens writing to digging for gravel.

“Some days you take pit runs, whatever happens to come out in the scoop, and then other days you’re just getting this beautiful white sand trickling through your mind.”

Over the years Savage has gotten better at hearing possibilities, which helps her create that beautiful prose. “I listen to the way that the words are falling.”

Not without revision, of course; it’s why she writes on computer: Paper edits would quickly become unreadable.

Savage counts herself lucky to be a writer in Saskatchewan.

“There are many, many fine writers in this province who are routinely producing wonderful books. So that’s a great privilege to have a circle of friends and acquaintances that include so many brilliant people.

“None of us can do these things by ourselves,” said Savage. “Without that community, you wouldn’t be making anything.” amartin@leaderpost.com Twitter.com/LPAshleyM

Candace Savage took up horseback riding at age 50 to research her book Cowgirls. QC photo by Michelle Berg

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ON THE SCENE #

Y O U T H FA S H I O N S H O W

Showcasing First Nations designers and empowering youth was the focus of a youth fashion show at the Conexus Arts Centre on April 17.

The event, which also included a supper, was sponsored by the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council Women’s Council.

“Believing … This is me!” was the theme of the dinner/fashion show, which followed a series of self-development workshops for approximately 30 youth representing 11 First Nations, explained Cherish Francis of the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council.

First Nation youth models ranged in age from seven to 18.

1. Models Judas Quewezance and Jazera Oakes 2. Cheryl LaFrance with grandkids, from left, Seth

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3. Shay-Lynn George (left) and Haille Stevenson Walker practise their runway skills.

4. Danielle Poitras (standing) helps MC Sherry Keepness get ready.

5. Model nine-year-old Jaylee Smith gets some finishing touches with the help of her mother Ashley.

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6. Organizer Marilyn Keepness and her sister Joyce Keepness 7. Vanessa Starr with eightmonth-old Taleah Tuckanow

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Beauty and light fill a creative co-working space

By Jenn Sharp Agora Creative Workspace was created with beauty in mind. An abundance of windows provide ample light that sweeps throughout the building. The building it’s housed in is one of Saskatoon’s original heritage spots, and future plans are to restore the brick façade to what it looked like in 1909. In keeping with modernity, the decor within Agora is simple and beautiful — it’s the tenants that will bring the colour to this space.

WHO? Tasos Kangles and Tricia SteeleKangles WHAT? Agora Creative Workspace WHERE? 219 A 21st St. Downtown Saskatoon WHEN? Built in 1909, the building was originally the J.F. Cairns Department Store. Tasos bought the building, along with Taverna Italian Kitchen in 2009.

Three phases are planned. The first, a total renovation of the space was finished in June.

The next phase is re-creating the 1909 façade of the building. The old stucco will be removed to reveal the original brick, which is hopefully in good condition. Next comes a rooftop patio, herb garden and green space for the tenants to enjoy their lunch or to host a party.

WHY? “I’m an artist and was originally going to use it as my studio but it’s so big,” says Tasos. “Then I thought, ‘I’m not that good of a painter, it’s not like I need all this space.’” He kept a small space for his studio and his wife Tricia Steele-Kangles, a hairstylist, moved her salon into the building. Eventually they decided to renovate the whole space.

Thus far, Agora has welcomed a beauty spa, photographer, hairdressing salon, a venture capitalist and an eyelash studio as tenants.

HOW? It used to be one, large open area, with a lot of sinks and plumbing for a hairdressing school that occupied the space.

They refurbished it to include character suites along with larger spaces perfect for offices, an art gallery or a yoga studio. A collaborative work bar and kitchen welcomes visitors.

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The Gormley Papers: I’m Right & You Know It Mediocrity — fair to say it was a very political book. The new book is one that celebrates you — encouraging you to question the events shaping our society and to cherish the relationships in your life.

Having spent my childhood in rural Saskatchewan, many of my perspectives were informed by my parents — immigrants to Canada — who felt it was important to value good books, good music and good citizenship. It mattered to them, and it matters to me, that we take seriously the right to vote, freedom of speech and the ability to give back to your community … and, of course, the Saskatchewan Roughriders! The book also amplifies Saskatchewan’s transition into

a place where a more confident, positive attitude has taken hold — no one loses when we think better of our opportunities and ourselves.

As a talk-show host, I’ve been on life’s observation deck witnessing people and their concerns — pain, injustice, triumph and joy. Looking, for a brief period, into the varied lives of many people there isn’t much I haven’t written about.

The Gormley Papers explores what it feels like to experience being a victim of crime, to deal with depression or to leave the comfort of your life to run for political office.

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A manifesto for the new food movement

By Jenn Sharp “The best we can do is to leave (the land) more fertile than we found it.”

These words came from Canada’s inspirational urban farmer Michael Ableman. Ableman has transformed areas of Vancouver’s downtown Eastside, notorious for poverty, crime, drug use and sex trade workers, into an urban farming oasis.

He was in Saskatchewan recently to give a keynote speech at the Grow Saskatoon Workshop. The workshop, which was presented by the University of Saskatchewan and the Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre, explored creative, community-based food systems and how to help build healthy communities.

Ableman’s Sole Food Street Farms began in a half-acre parking lot beside the Astoria Hotel on East Hastings Street five years ago.

It’s grown to four different community garden sites that produce 20 tons of artisanal quality food per year that any chef would be proud to serve (and chefs in 30 Vancouver restaurants do just that). The produce is also for sale in six farmers’ markets.

Ableman said the gardens have personalized the food production system for people: “Because it’s in your city and because you can see it.”

The gardens also provide meaningful work to people with addictions and/or mental health issues.

“We’re not trying to save anyone or get anyone off drugs but if the results (of working in the garden) are positive, so be it,” Ableman told the crowd of about 100 people at Grow Saskatoon.

The amount of drug paraphernalia thrown from the Astoria into the garden requires workers to wear gloves and spend an hour a day picking up the trash. Yet, they persist.

“We have people employed with us now for five years that had not been employed for five months,” Ableman said proudly.

Sole Food Street Farms uses highdensity plantings to maximize the

The Saskatoon Food Bank’s Garden Patch is a great example of community-driven urban agriculture. Located in a city-owned vacant lot on Third Avenue North, the garden produces thousands of pounds of food every year. Submitted photos

production in these small growing plots. For example, spinach and radish are planted using pinpoint seeders. When the spinach finishes its growing cycle, the radish begins.

About 4,000 strawberry plants grow vertically in towers, alongside 20-foot tall tomato plant towers.

While it’s easy to romanticize urban agriculture, the reality is much different. It hasn’t been an easy road for Sole Food. Urban soil is often contaminated. Access to land and acquiring long-term tenure is difficult.

Theft and vandalism are daily concerns. Finding people with agriculture experience is tough. There’s also the challenge of educating a public about the real costs of cheap food.

“In the U.S. and Canada, we have the cheapest food of anywhere in the world,” said Ableman. “You pay for it long after you leave. You pay for it

with your health… (and with) the environmental/lost soil cost.

“How do you address that there’s a high cost to cheap food and invite people to pay more?”

He said pleasure is a greater motivator than guilt. The doom and gloom environmental messages of the last 30 years have left most feeling helpless, not motivated.

Ableman’s considerable knowledge can be applied anywhere. Saskatoon and Regina are on a good path toward sustainable food production.

Both have numerous community gardens, many of which are located in the core neighbourhoods. Both have indoor farmers’ markets, along with numerous outdoor spots in the summer. Many chefs highlight locallyproduced food on their menus, showing customers it’s possible to do the same at home.

Michael Ableman founded Sole Food Street Farms in Vancouver. Submitted photo

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SHARP EATS MICHAEL ABLEMAN’S NEW FOOD MOVEMENT MANIFESTO:

Our Prairie cities don’t have the same population density challenges other cities face. Both are surrounded by large areas of farm land. Ableman said it would take a few energetic and enterprising people to start a profitable operation on 10- to 50-acre plots, providing food at retail prices to markets and restaurants, while optimizing the space.

“We need to train people how to do this and show them they can make a living at it too.”

Future steps are outlined below in a moving manifesto for our food future with which Ableman ended his keynote address. jksharp@thestarphoenix.com

■ Every municipality should establish working farms that demonstrate the economic potential of small farms. Most people are now so removed from this type of work that they need to see it.

■ Reduce what comes into communities from elsewhere and reduce what leaves (i.e.: food) ■ A portable rock grinder purchased by a municipality and taken to farms can help supply minerals and phosphorous to the soil.

■ Get over our phobia of human waste. Stop spending millions flushing it away and polluting the water. Start composting it instead.

■ Farmers’ markets should be required in every city and seen as equally important to public health as swimming pools.

■ Every new building permit must contain an element relating to food production (rooftop gardens).

■ Phase out all lawns.

■ Use school kitchens for canning, freezing and dehydrating workshops.

■ Focus on farming, cooking, mechanics and carpentry in schools, and not just on math, science and English.

■ Every land purchase should require the owner to attend a stewardship and restoration training course. This will move land away from being a commodity.

■ There’s a crisis of participation — so few people know how to farm. Chefs receive mythical rock n’ roll status. Farmers need it now. Make friends with a farmer. You’re going to need them.

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During a recent huge argument, I told my husband he and/or his ex should take over driving the kids around.

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Their mother lives not that far away. She also has a husband who’s only picked up the kids twice over the years.

Am I right in expecting the parents to take some responsibility? I don’t want to alienate the kids.

Fed Up and Confused A. These children have been lucky to have you in their lives, for your caring and your generosity of heart and effort.

Their parents have been playing out a selfish power struggle for years, without concerns for its impact on the children because they’ve had you to pick up the shortfall.

Your husband has made his drinking more important than his children — it suggests his daily “not excessive” intake may still be defined as alcoholism. At the least, it’s stubborn and manipulative.

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Talk to the kids and explain that you love them and want to see them, but sometimes can’t do the driving, when others can. Say that you’ll do it at other times, but you’re not just a taxi service. If you go get them, they need to spend some time with you and their father in return.

Tell your husband that, through choosing drinking, he’s wasting time with them, feeding the power struggle with his ex, using you, and it’s affecting all of those relationships. Don’t be afraid to speak up, he needs you.

Your feelings are valid. You can’t accept being treated this way. Once you stand up for yourself, you’ll mind the driving less and also not feel guilty when you can’t do it. A real taxi-service can also be used.

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I gave a small cash token in a homemade card, and wasn’t thanked.

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Wedn esd ay, Ap r il 2 3 Wednesday Night Folk: Kory Istace vs. The Time Pirates Bushwakker, 2206 Dewdney WayBack Wednesdays with Leather Cobra McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Greg MacPherson Artful Dodger, 1631 11th Ave. Ladyhawk, Shotgun Jimmie O’Hanlon’s, 1947 Scarth St. Thursd ay, A pr il 24 Elvis Elvis Elvis Featuring three Elvis Presley tribute artists, Donny Edwards, Ted Torres and Brandon Bennett.

7:30 p.m., Conexus Arts Centre Aviator Shades McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Stickybuds YQR Nite Club, 1475 Toronto St. Shannon Lyon The Club at The Exchange, 2431 Eighth Ave. Brian Kelly The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E. Friday, A pr il 25 Stephen Fearing Artful Dodger, 1631 11th Ave. Brian Kelly The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E.

Big Chill Friday The Lancaster, 4 529 Gordon Rd. The Montagu es McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Wyatt The Whiskey, 1047 Park St. Odd Man Out Eldorado, 2300 Dewdney Ave. Royal Red Brigade, Black Thunder The Exchange, 2431 Eighth Ave. S a tu rday, Ap r i l 2 6 Prairie Male Voice Choirs 7:30 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1909 Ottawa St. The Bachs Regina Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m., Government House, 4607 Dewdney Ave. Alan Flava, Kenesis, Blindside, Submit YQR Nite Club, 1475 Toronto St. Brian Kelly The Pump, 641 Victoria Ave E. The Dead South U of R Riddell Centre Odd Man Out Eldorado, 2300 Dewdney Ave. Beat Gallery Artful Dodger, 1631 11th Ave. Emilie-Claire Barlow Casino Regina Show Lounge 1880 Saskatchewan Dr. Wyatt The Whiskey,

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1047 Park St. Tried and True The Exchange, 2431 Eighth Ave. The Montagues McNally’s, 2226 Dewdney Ave. Little Chicago The Lancaster, 4529 Gordon Rd.

Sunday, April 27 The Bachs Regina Symphony Orchestra. 1:30 p.m., Government House, 4607 Dewdney Ave. Monday, April 28 Monday Night Jazz & Blues: The Ministry of Groove Bushwakker, 2206 Dewdney Rick Harris Jazz Fortuna Ristorante Italiano, 3215 E. Quance St. Open Mic Artful Dodger, 1631 11th Ave. Weekly Drum Circle Instruments provided 7:30-9 p.m., The Living Spirit Centre, 3018 Doan Dr. Call Mike, 306-550-3911.

Tuesday, April 29 Rick Harris Jazz Fortuna Ristorante Italiano, 3215 E. Quance St. Johnny 2 Fingers O’Hanlon’s, 1947 Scarth St.

Music Jam Artful Dodger, 1631 11th Ave.

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Who’s Afraid of Purple, Orange and Green?

The formalist esthetics of the modernist movement of the 1960s are being reconsidered by female Canadian artists at various stages of their careers.

This group exhibition brings together new works by artists from across Canada.

April 25-June 20.

Jessica Eaton Artist Talk: April 25, 6 p.m., RPL Film Theatre Opening Reception: April 25, 7 p.m., Central Gallery Dunlop Art Gallery — Central Branch, 2311 12th Ave. Joy Walker: Untitled Toronto artist Joy Walker’s unique work for Central Library’s east-facing windows explores line, geometry, pattern and elements of chance using various media.

April 25-June 20.

RPL Central Branch, 2311 12th Ave. Chilly Scenes of Winter Show and sale presenting photography of Saskatchewan scenes.

Until April 25. Creative City Centre, 1843 Hamilton St. Shirin Neshat: Soliloquy A dual projection video installation by world renowned Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat, complementing the work of Saskatchewan filmmaker and video installation artist Amalie Atkins.

Until April 27. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Ken Gillespie: Western Textures Landscape artist from B.C. Until April 30.

Assiniboia Gallery, 2266 Smith St. Barbara Steinman: The Giants’ Dance Photographic installation explores the relationship between personal belief and or-

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Wednesday, 5-7 p.m.

Sweet Ambrosia Bakeshoppe, 230 Winnipeg St. N.

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Until May 4. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St.

Drop In Indoor Playground Friday, 9-11:45 a.m.

South Leisure Centre, 170 Sunset Dr.

Paper Until May 10.

Slate Fine Art Gallery, 2078 Halifax St.

Mom and Tot Bored Meetings Hosted by Kate Murray, 306216-2511.

Friday, 10-11:30 a.m.

Early Learning Family Centre, Scott Collegiate, 3350 7th Ave.

Laureen Marchand: Beholder The flowers in her paintings are suspended, heads down, in various stages of decay.

Until May 12.

Art Gallery of Regina, 2420 Elphinstone St.

Build and Grow Clinics Build a special feature project.

For children age 5 and up.

Saturday, 10 a.m.

Lowes, 4555 Gordon Rd.

Melody Armstrong: Pattern Series Until May 17.

Mysteria Gallery, 2706 13th Ave.

Family Favourites films Enjoy a favourite film for just $2.50.

Saturday, 11 a.m.

Galaxy Cinemas, 420 McCarthy Blvd. N.

KC Adams: Birch Bark Ltd. Winnipeg artist KC Adams presents an installation of 24 porcelain birch bark sculptures.

Until June 4. Sherwood Gallery, 6121 Rochdale Blvd.

Canadiana What does it mean to be Canadian? A celebration and examination of our country’s landscape through real and imagined images of the Canadian landscape by Canadian artists including Augustus Kenderdine, Dorothy Knowles and Ernest Luthi.

Until June 14. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Amalie Atkins: we live on the edge of disaster and imagine we are in a musical Video installation highlighting the work of Saskatoon filmmaker Amalie Atkins.

Until June 14. MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Contemporary Canadian Landscape and Place The Artists of Scott Nicholson Fine Arts New exhibitions quarterly.

Until July 31. Regina Centre

Spring Into Gardening: Gardening for Families April 26, 1-3 p.m.

RPL Connaught Branch, 3435 13th Ave. Family activities Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m.

Saskatchewan Science Centre, 2903 Powerhouse Dr.

Wayne Brady will crack you up at the Conexus Arts Centre on Saturday. GETTY IMAGES FILE Crossing, 1621 Albert St. --Assiniboia Gallery 2266 Smith St. Open Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Nouveau Gallery 2146 Albert St. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Oakland Gift and Fine Arts Oil and ink paintings by Chinese artists Lingtao Jiang and Huaiyi Tian.

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Conexus Arts Centre 200 Lakeshore Dr. The Laugh Shop

Live standup every Saturday night, 9:30 p.m.

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Stars and Strollers Wednesday, 1 p.m.

Cineplex Odeon Southland Mall, 3025 Gordon Rd. Bake A Difference Combat bullying through baking; spread kindness with

Family Studio Sundays Sunday, 2-4 p.m.

MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Reading Raptors Family Book Club Ages 8-12 and parents or caregivers.

April 27, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

RPL Sunrise Branch, 3130 E. Woodhams Dr. Parent and Preschooler Jungle Gym Monday, 9:30-11 a.m.

Al Ritchie Family Wellness Centre, Core Ritchie Neighbourhood Centre, 445 14th Ave.

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Tuesday, 9:30-10 a.m.

Saskatchewan Science Centre, 2903 Powerhouse Dr. ---Mom’s Morning Out 3200 Avonhurst Dr., swalter@sasktel.net

Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday and holidays, noon-6 p.m.

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RCMP Sergeant Major’s Parade Wednesday, Friday and Monday, 12:45 p.m.

RCMP Depot Division, 5600 11th Ave.

Regina Newcomers Club reginanewcomersclub@gmail.com

Stitch and Chat April 23, 1-3 p.m.

RPL Sunrise Branch, 3130 E. Woodhams Dr.

Time Out For Parents Al Ritchie Family Wellness Centre, 2250 Lindsay St., 306-525-4989; arfwp@sasktel.net

Meditation Yoga April 23, 7-8:30 p.m. RPL Glen Elm Branch, 1601 Dewdney Ave. E.

Y’s Moms Group YMCA, 2400 13th Ave., 306-7579622 Y’s Moms Group for Multiples YMCA, 2400 13th Ave., meets the third Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m.

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Dance Blast Music by Becky and the Jets, midnight lunch and more. Autism Resource Centre fundraiser. Call 306-569-0858 for tickets.

April 25, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

Turvey Centre, 6 Armour Rd.

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Man of La Mancha April 23-May 11 Globe Theatre, 1801 Scarth St. How to Give Feedback Workshop for poets and performers Every Thursday, 7-9 p.m.

Creative City Centre, 1843 Hamilton St. Sixty/Forty A Connie Moker Wernikowski production.

April 24, 7:30 p.m.

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April 26, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.

New Dance Horizons, 2207 Harvey St. Bad Blood by Joey Tremblay A workshop reading directed by Joey Tremblay, presented by Curtain Razors.

April 25 & 26, 8 p.m.

The Artesian, 2627 13th Ave. Moon Age Daydream FadaDance Youth Company April 29-30, 7 p.m.

Shu-Box Theatre, U of R Riddell Centre Vontrapped: The Sounds of Music Until June 13.

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Alex Youck School Museum 1600 Fourth Ave. Tours by appointment only (306523-3000).

Civic Museum of Regina 1375 Broad St. Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday noon-4 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday.

Government House Museum & Heritage Property 4607 Dewdney Ave. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Mondays.

RCMP Heritage Centre 5907 Dewdney Ave. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

Regina Firefighters Museum 1205 Ross Ave. Tours by appointment (306-7777714).

Saskatchewan Military Museum 1600 Elphinstone St. Open Monday and Thursday, 7-9 p.m., or by appointment (306-3479349).

Saskatchewan Science Centre 2903 Powerhouse Dr.

Basement Sale April 24, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

April 25, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

April 26, 9-11 a.m.

St. James Anglican Church, 1105 Empress St. You Can’t Google This Be surprised what you can learn if you go beyond Google.

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RPL Sunrise Branch, 3130 E. Woodhams Dr. Steampunk Studio Reassemble metal hardware and parts from old jewelry, clocks, computers and machinery to create objects with a retro-futuristic flair.

April 24, 1-3 p.m.

RPL Sunrise Branch, 3130 E. Woodhams Dr. Rummage Sale April 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

April 26, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 3337 15th Ave. Photo Fabulous Scrapbooking & Crafting Workshop April 25, 2-11:30 p.m.

April 26, 9 a.m.-11:30 p.m.

Callie Curling Club, 2225 Sandra Schmirler Way

Spring In2 Summer Show April 25, 2:30-8 p.m.

April 26, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

April 27, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Agribition Building, Evraz Place The Body, Soul and Spirit Expo April 25, 3-9 p.m.

April 26, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

April 27, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Queensbury Centre, Evraz Place Garage & Bake Sale April 26, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 5020 Sherwood Dr. Nature Regina road trip Drive along Route 99 in the Qu’Appelle Valley and onto Valeport Marsh to see the spring migration.

Bring a light lunch.

April 26, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Meet at the RSM parking lot, 2445 Albert St. Regina Farmers’ Market April 26, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre, 2900 13th Ave. Franco Club Practise and improve your spoken French.

April 26, 10-11:30 a.m.

U of R Institut Francais Rotunda, second floor Language Institute Building.

RPL Book Sale April 26, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

RPL Sunrise Branch, 3130 E. Woodhams Dr. Toastmasters Become a better public speaker.

Contact Dawn at 306-352-2039.

Every Saturday, 10-11:30 a.m.

Knox Metropolitan Church room 105, 2340 Victoria Ave. Birch Bark Biting Using thin pieces of birch bark, create wonderful designs by folding the bark and biting in strategic locations.

Led by Northern Cree artist Rosella Carney.

April 26, 12:30-4:30 p.m.

RPL Sherwood Village Branch, 6121 Rochdale Blvd.

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EVENTS DODOlogic’s Defrost Spring meet for automotive enthusiasts April 26, 1 p.m.

SIAST, 4500 Wascana Parkway Craft & Bake Sale April 26, 1:30-4 p.m.

Regina Renaissance Residence, 1801 McIntyre St. Artist Trading Cards: Make & Trade Session Meet other creative adults and aspiring artists, make and trade your cards, and participate in inspired discussions.

April 26, 2-4 p.m.

MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St. Hardcover Handbag Turn a hardcover book into a unique purse. Books and materials provided.

April 26, 2-4 p.m.

RPL Prince of Wales Branch, 445 14th Ave. A Taste of Ukraine charity fundraiser April 26, 5:30 p.m. $75.

St. Athanasius Hall, 55 McMurchy Ave. The Big Picture Fundraiser for Veterinarians Without Borders’ trip to Uganda, featuring African food, music and more. $25.

April 26, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Metro Pet Market, 1637 Victoria Ave.

Spring into Gardening Starting a Garden for your Organization April 27, 1-3 p.m.

RPL Connaught Branch, 3435 13th Ave.

Catwalk For Water Environmental fashion show fundraiser for Water Can. April 27, 6:30 p.m.-midnight MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St.

Saskatchewan Book Awards Ceremony Featuring guest speaker Warren Cariou — Stories as Strong as the Stones: Aboriginal Voices & Writings. Hosted

by Sheila Coles.

April 26, 7 p.m.

Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Dr.

Moose Hair Tufting Tufting produces soft, three dimensional images by stitching and trimming bundles of selected moose hair on to a velvet fabric or hide. Registration required.

April 27, 1-5 p.m.

RPL Albert Branch, 1401 Robinson St.

ChewsDay Challenge Drop-in gathering of board game enthusiasts.

Every Tuesday, 6 p.m.-midnight.

Boston Pizza, 545 Albert St. N.

MS Walk April 27, 10 a.m.

Tartan Curling Club, 1464 Broadway Ave.

Veggie container gardening April 27, 1:30-3 p.m.

RPL Glen Elm Branch, 1601 Dewdney Ave. E.

The annual MS Walk goes Sunday. File Photo by MICHAEL BELL

Heritage Regina Annual General Meeting April 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Civic Museum of Regina, 1375 Broad St. Felt Spectacular Create felted squares with textile artist Stacey Fayant.

April 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

RPL Connaught Branch, 3435 13th Ave. Credit Counselling: Conscious Consumerism April 29, 7-8:30 p.m.

RPL Sunrise Branch, 3130 E. Woodhams Dr. Barbara Arrowsmith-Young Hosted by Learning Disabilities Association of Saskatchewan.

April 29, 7 p.m.

Theatre Lobby, Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Dr. Laughter Yoga April 29, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

RPL Central Branch, 2311 12th Ave.

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FILM

Art-Rated Films Gabriel — 1974 feature-length film by Saskatchewan-born painter Agnes Martin.

Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World — Mary Lance’s moving documentary completed shortly before the artist’s death in 2004.

April 23, 9-11 p.m.

RPL Film Theatre, 2311 12th Ave. The Talkies: Grease 2 Live commentary for lessthan-excellent movies hosted by comedian Jayden Pfeifer.

Free with a donation to the Regina Food Bank.

April 29, 7-9 p.m.

RPL Film Theatre, 2311 12th Ave.

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NEW MOVIES

Brick Mansions Action In a dystopian Detroit, abandoned brick mansions now house the most dangerous criminals. For undercover cop Damien Collier (Paul Walker), every day is a battle against corruption. For Lino (David Belle), every day is a fight to live an honest life. When drug kingpin Tremaine (RZA) kidnaps Lino’s girlfriend, Damien reluctantly accepts the help of the fearless ex-convict, and together they must stop a sinister plot to devastate the entire city.

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EVENTS The Other Woman Comedy A serial dater (Cameron Diaz) finally falls for a man, but she finds out he’s married. His wife (Leslie Mann) comes to visit her and they start up a friendship. The two women soon discover that he’s cheating on both of them with yet another woman. The three of them decide to get revenge. They find out he’s stealing from his partners and put a plan in motion to bring him down at the office and in his personal life.

The Quiet Ones Horror Physics professor (Jared Harris) leads his best students to take part in a dangerous experiment: to create a poltergeist. Based on the theory that paranormal activity is

Rainbow Cinemas Golden Mile Shopping Centre 3806 Albert St.; 306-3595250 --Finding Vivian Maier A documentary on Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as an accomplished street photographer.

Kate Upton, from left, Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann and in a scene from The Other Woman, which opens this week. AP PHOTO caused by negative human energy, the rogue scientists perform a series of tests on a young patient, pushing her to the edge of sanity.

Galaxy Cinemas

420 McCarthy Blvd. N. 306-522-9098 Cineplex Odeon Southland Mall Cinemas 3025 Gordon Rd.; 306-5853383

Hannah Arendt A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for The New Yorker on the war crimes trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann.

Lore Drama As the Allies sweep across

Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents’ beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate.

tat, including the Big Five — lions, African elephants, Cape buffalo, leopards and black rhinos — and giraffes, hippos and cheetahs. Meet two fearless young Maasai and follow them on their ritual safari.

Regina Public Library Theatre 2311 12th Ave.; 306-777-6104 --Flight of the Butterflies Documentary Join hundreds of millions of butterflies on an amazing journey to a remote hideaway in the mountains of Mexico.

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar Documentary Join scientist Patricia Wright on her lifelong mission to help endangered lemurs survive in the modern world.

Narrated by Morgan Freeman.

Kenya: Animal Kingdom Documentary Discover Kenya’s famous fauna in their natural habi-

Kramer Imax 2903 Powerhouse Dr. 306-522-4629 Event listings are a free, community service offered by QC. Listings will be printed if space permits.

Next week in Despite an injury that left him paralyzed, former Regina Pats player Brad Hornung’s optimism and love for hockey endures

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S a s k at c h e wa n w i n e t r e n d s

Return to simpler wine times with this Merlot

By James Romanow If you want to know what folks were drinking when they bought good reds 25 years ago, I suggest you zip down to the SLGA and pick up a bottle of Brotherhood Merlot. This is a very nice red, reminiscent of a Pomerol around 1990.

Back then, grapes were picked around 24 brix. Brix is a measure of the sugar content of the grapes and thus the ripeness. This was the key to port and other dessert wines — there was always enough residual sugar left. These days, Helen Turley and company, aided by the massively improved weather forecasting brought to us courtesy of the computer revolution, pick their grapes as ripe as possible, 26 brix and up, (often to 28 brix for “fine” Californian wine.)

In the 1990s such wine could not even be completely fermented as the yeasts gave out at that level. This was the key to making port and other dessert wines — the amount of sugar left unconverted to alcohol in the wine. But then yeast breeding took off and the next thing you know “dry” table wine, wine that before the last five years had by definition less than five grams residual sugar, (often zero grams) suddenly had anywhere from eight to 15 grams of sugar.

Brotherhood is the kind of wine that I prefer.

This is roughly what a young Bordeaux from a very good year tasted like back then. The tan-

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nins are firm without being overpowering and the glycerine levels are modest, giving the wine a leaner more restrained palate.

The Spectator and Turley would spit this wine out. But if you, like me, find modern wines overpowering, then try this one.

Brotherhood Merlot, $25 ***** Next week, a drink that will change your life.

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