Category Archives: trip west

Sound surround

[another in the trip west/snow series] riding across the prairie in a winter cold that freezes pipes on a train in the night west of Winnipeg the fan train rumble train horn immerse us in jumbled simplicity we stop only … Continue reading

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Lost Lake

[another in the trip west/snow series] Bright sun The docks are tilted above the frozen lake like drawbridges above a medieval moat. Who are these ghostly invaders they defend against? Meanwhile we warily split to a siding not attempting to … Continue reading

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Past Sioux Lookout

[another in the trip west/snow series] From the first class dome car I look out on the past: the snow-smeared crisp-cold north Ontario bush or spruce birch poplar skinny straight trees new growth or stunted short vistas of crowded rampant … Continue reading

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