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The Lansdowne Letters: Bush Planes and the Puzzle of Thanksgiving
Have you ever flown in a bush plane?I have a number of times.It's a noisy, vibrating, raw experience,and the trees, rocks, and water sliding belowlook starkly, solidly real.View from a Norsemanon the...
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Scavenger Hunt 2015: Colorado
This month I'm taking a different approach.Every picture I've used for this hunt was taken in or from my home.January's List1. Something NewBird by Bird by Anne LamottMy niece Deirdre gave this to me...
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IWSG: A Touch of Grace
It's a good day!It's the first Wednesday of the month ~ the day when members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand offer their encouragementand support to other...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Pushing Back the Black Night
Last May when Terry and I flew to Paris via ReykjavikI was beyond excited.Our plane's route took us over the heart of the northern landscapeI fell in love with as a young girl.I could not tear my eyes...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Luring Teachers into the North
Curiosity prompted my fatherto apply for a teaching positionhe saw advertised in the summer of 1960.The thought of teaching Indian childrenat a Church of England Day Schoolin Lansdowne House on Lake...
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Peggys Cove ~ Quintessential Nova Scotia
Last summer my sister Barb and I hit the road together in Nova Scotia.One of our stops was the perfect spotfor we two geologists to scrambleover the Great Nova Scotia Batholith!Okay. Okay.I admit...
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The Lansdowne Letters: A Housewarming, Northern Style
I think it is hard to imagine todaywhat living in isolation is like,unless, of course, you've done so.Northern Ontario Bushflickr ~ Andrew KaszowskiLicense: CCMy father was one among fourteenwhite...
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Heads Up ~ A Little Break!
Just to let everyone know ~I'll be without the Internet for a bit! Wouldn't want Ms Sophie Doodletrying to hunt me down because I had disappeared!I'm leaving on a jet plane!
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The Lansdowne Letters: Hints of a Troubled Future
Anne Flaherty.Her name surfaced for the first timein this letter of my father's.Anne's husband, Mike Flaherty,took over the nursing station in Lansdowne House,after Margaret Kelly left for a nursing...
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Feburary 2015 Scavenger Hunt ~ Transitions!
This has been a big month in our household!My husband retired on the 20th,I applied for Medicare,and we have abandoned winterfor a vacation in the tropical sun.So the pictures for this posthave been...
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IWSG: March 4, 2015 ~ Start with One Bite
It's the first Wednesday of the month ~ the day when members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand offer their encouragementand support to other members.To visit the...
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The Lansdowne Letters: The Howling of Dogs
If you head into the northern bush,you understand solitude.As a young girl in isolation,I sometimes thoughtNo one in the entire world knows where I am right now.No human may ever have stoodon this...
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The Lansdowne Letters: March 13 ~ Heading for the Winter Traplines
I would have loved to have seen what my father saw when he was laid up with the flu;but I arrived in Lansdowne House too late in the winter trapping season.Northern Ontario LakeFlickr ~ Chris...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Lessons with Father Ouimet
It's Friday ~ and time to share more of my father's tales of life in the northern Ontario bush from over fifty years ago.During my father's time in Lansdowne House,he studied the Ojibway language with...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Back into Circulation
Yikes! I just realized as I was heading to bed, that it is Friday!1:36 a.m., and my post isn't finished.My clock is all scrambledfrom two days of flying.Fortunately I was able to finish most of this...
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March 2015 Scavenger Hunt: Honolulu, Hawaii
This month we celebrated my husband's retirementwith a wonderful vacation in Honolulu, Hawaii.My pictures for this month's huntwere all taken in this vibrant, tropical city.March's List1. CircleThe...
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IWSG: April 1, 2015 ~ Writer's Block
It's the first Wednesday of the month ~ the day when members of theInsecure Writer's Support Groupshare their writing strugglesand offer their encouragementand support to other members.To visit the...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Grounded Planes and Real Coffee
It's Friday, and time for another Lansdowne Letter post.When my father lived in Lansdowne House deep in the wilderness of Northern Ontario,he wrote many letters that have come to me.Most of those long...
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Oahu Flowers
Nothing chases away the winter blueslike beautiful flowersdrenched in tropical sunshine.HibiscusLike many others, the Ever~Patient and Ifled winter's cold and headed south.Enough Already! Way south...
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The Lansdowne Letters: Pushing Back the Black Night
Last May when Terry and I flew to Paris via ReykjavikI was beyond excited.Our plane's route took us over the heart of the northern landscapeI fell in love with as a young girl.I could not tear my eyes...
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