WRITINGS | Miles Patrick Yohnke

THE MEANING OF THANKSGIVING

Building Happiness

TEACH OUR CHILDREN WELL

School's Out?

HAIL MARY SOAP

THE HOPE DEPOT

ALCOHOL CONFORMITY

ALCOHOL CONFORMITY INTRODUCTION By Miles Patrick Yohnke © 2021 All Rights Reserved. I wrote "Alcohol Conformity" back in 2014. For me it is a very bittersweet article. It was the final chapter in a trilogy of work I had written that year. It supported my other articles "Parenting License" and "The End of War." I had hoped to partner with organizations around the world with the release but nobody cared. These same organizations later would come to support families that lost fa

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

By Miles Patrick Yohnke © 2021 All Rights Reserved. We are the sum of a large number of free actions for which we are the only ones responsible. It was the summer of '79. That summer would be my first phase of experiencing the rock band "The Who." Their double-album, "The Kids Are Alright" had just come out and it never left my turntable. The film, of the same name, came to Saskatoon and showed at the Towne Cinema on 20th street. By myself, I took the bus for the opening nigh

KALEB WHITTINGSTALL

By Miles Patrick Yohnke © 2021 All Rights Reserved. The cycling time trial is truly a race of truth. In the cycle of life there will be times that we will be challenged to face our own personal truth. I would meet Kaleb Whittingstall through Bridge City Bicycle Co-op (BCBC), a wonderful organization in my home city of Saskatoon. BCBC is a non-profit, volunteer driven, openly accessible, community owned co-operative. BCBC envisions everyone having access to a bicycle. To help

HAL WILLNER

A JOYFUL LIFE

YOU MAKE ME LAUGH BUT IT ISN'T FUNNY!