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The New Iceland Diaspora
When I first moved to Victoria many years ago, one of my colleagues said, “On the prairies, people live to work. On the West Coast people work to pay for skiing, scuba diving, drinking wine, smoking...
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Keeping It Cool
Dennis Anderson with his brother, Fred, writer, painter Fred Anderson has published a new book, edited by his sister, Marjorie Anderson: Keep It Cold and Other Good Advice. It is a collection of fifty...
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My Little Red Wagon
We sang “Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head.” We were small and our voices were thin and high but enthusiastic. We weren’t Dutch religious theorists or...
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The Kindest Gift
Yesterday, I found an unexpected package at my front door. I’m not used to receiving packages unless it is a book I’ve ordered over the internet. The return address said it was from Clayton and Doris...
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Economist extraordinaire
Story by Karen Morrison When others are hanging their “gone fishin’” sign Leo Kristjanson is contemplating how to save the western economy. The former president of the University of Saskatchewan...
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The Dying of Old Dreams
My Irish grandfather came to Canada from Northern Ireland so he would “no longer have to carry a pistol in his pocket.” He had joined the Orange Order in Ireland. He told me that he was the youngest...
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The Railway Tracks
I walked the tracks yesterday . When I was a teenager, I often walked the tracks, sometimes stepping from railway tie to railway tie, sometimes balancing on the steel rails, sometimes standing at...
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June’s World-an art show
I attended June Valgardson’s art show this morning while it was still being set up. It was nice to see her three daughters helping get the show ready. They and their sister, Debbie, who died some...
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Lanes
A lane is defined as a narrow country road or a narrow way or passage between walls, hedges or fences. In Gimli where I grew up, a lane wasn’t either of these. It was a back lane. Gimli had been laid...
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Dreams
Blanche in one of her plays. Have you ever asked your parents or your grand parents what their dreams were when they were young? What was it they hoped for? Listen while you get a chance. My mother...
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