She is, I believe, in her nineties. She depends on her cane. The slope up Waterloo from Richmond is difficult. She stops to rest by…
It’s always a pleasure to publish an article by Ken Kristjanson. Born and raised in Gimli in a family that has been involved in commercial…
. Ragnaheiður Straumfjord Magnusson´s spinning wheel, thought to have been made in Canada, now in Lauga Magnusson’s possession (Winnipeg, May 2012) Photograph W. D. Valgardson …
There’s longing and then there’s longing. I don’t mean Romeo and Juliet type longing. I mean longing longing. The kind that drives you out of…
Prairie Fire Review of Books , Vol. 12, No. 1 (2012) _________________________________________________________________________________ 1 What the Bear Said: Skald Tales of New Iceland by W.D. Valgardson…
When you retired were you thinking of giving your savings and your pension fund to a relative who said he could take the money to…
I love the Saanich Fair. There’s not much that will draw me back to Victoria from Gimli, Manitoba before the long weekend in September but…
On May 30th, 1917, Stephan G began his trip to Iceland. First from New York to Halifax and from there to Iceland. On board…
(Photo by WDValgardson) Birth and death come to all of us. Leaving home comes to nearly all of us. It wasn’t always this way. My…
A couple of days ago, I went to a restaurant in Sidney, BC called RumRunners. It’s got a nice location on the harbour in Sidney,…