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Doris von Tettenborn
Honorable Mention Off Topic Publishing
June 2024 CNF Contest
Published Off Topic Publishing
Inspired 55+Magazine

I turned 60 last year.  I still have not recovered.  I spent the previous year trying to get used to the concept by changing my computer password frequently.  CRAZY60, LOVELY60, NOWAY60, STUPID60, HAPPY60, CRAPPY60, FRICKIN60.
It didn’t work.… Continue reading →

Doris von Tettenborn
Won Off Topic Publishing September 2023
Creative Non-Fiction contest
Published in Off Topic Publishing,
Inspired 55+Lifestyle Magazine
Recipes and Roots

The ruins of my garden were visible from the deck for some time, but I had not yet ventured outside.  It was time to get a good look, see the extent of the damage, cry my tears and come up with a rebuilding plan.… Continue reading →

Doris von Tettenborn
Published in The Globe and Mail
July 2, 2014

My parents bought their farm in 1958. In 2013, they held the farm auction that sold the dream.
My father worked hard. If farming was rewarded by the hard work put in, my father would have been rewarded with millions in riches, instead of calloused callouses and bent over bones crippled with arthritic joints
In the dreams of my father, one or both of his sons would follow him into the family business; farming is in his blood as deeply as his German heritage.… Continue reading →