Born of Mennonite heritage in 1924, Elizabeth Reimer Sawatzky immigrated to Canada from Ukraine with her parents in 1927 and spent her childhood years on a farm in Glidden, Saskatchewan. Growing up in a remote community led her to discover the magic of a stamp at an early age and she developed her story-telling talents through letter-writing. Elizabeth attained her nursing degree from Saskatoon City Hospital and married Henry Sawatzky in 1948. Elizabeth's interests include travelling, needlecraft, golfing, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and writing both poetry and short stories. Doodlebugging in Saskatchewan: A Wife Remembers 1950 - 1954 chronicles the years of wash lines and seismic lines spent with her husband and small children as members of Seismic Party #60 during the infancy of the oil industry in Western Canada.Elizabeth won the Alberta Seniors Award for Accomplishment in Writing in 1999.