Canada is an immigrant country. Our immigrations have happened at different times in Canada’s history. The flood of refugees from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, happened…
It was snowing in Moscow when I arrived. Big flakes, as big as my thumbnail. As we stood in the lamplight at Shermatyvo, waiting for…
My Soul To Take (Harper, 15.99) Yrsa Sigurdardóttir There is pleasure in reading a well constructed murder mystery. The beginning punctuated by minor incidents and…
I know Christmas is coming because the craft fairs have started. As we get closer to December, there will be as many as two or…
(from my diary) My friend VT called. She said her basement was flooding. From the panic in her voice, I was sure the house was…
Photos by WDV Atli, the Icelandic Consul General, explaining the Icelandic economy to his second cousin, Myrna MacFadden who is from Port Alberni. I’m not the world’s…
Waller arrives at Sorg. He sends his guide, Bjarni, off to Reykjavik on errand. Waller enjoys sports fishing and he asks the local farmer to…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why I come to Gimli. That’s probably because my father died three years ago and my mother died…
Have you ever really been hungry? I don’t mean peckish as in, “I think I could use a cup of coffee and a kleinur to…
The official tree of B.C. is the dogwood. The dogwood is a nice tree. I’ve got nothing against it. As a matter of fact, I’ve…