Category Archives: snow

Snow song

the rhythmic treat no southern soul can know is walking out in winter’s squeaky snow when sky is steely blue and hard as glass when simple air inhales as shards of brass when silence reaches out to pale the sun … 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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