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Dinner for nine IV

As I savored the tender delicately spiced chicken in steamed rice onion gentle ginger the serving girl softly refilled my water glass and generous friendly words combined around the table cheffed by our hearts chosen from the impromtu menu of … Continue reading

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Champagne at Jasper

Misty snow shrouds the mountains as we sit in Jasper station champagne and hors d’oevres soften the afternoon in the dome car conversations skirt casual relationships We left the train visited a few stores bought a toque some vitamins and … Continue reading

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wagon train, the book

page after page of grey mist cross hatched by dark pale snow laden trees underscored by scrupulously designed bridges punctilious signage desultory paddies of muskeg this vast rugged slow book this west this beginning now so swiftly perused then so … Continue reading

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