Tag Archives: Canada
THE “GUIDE” TO VANCOUVER BIT
Presiding over Vancouver’s English Bay is a grand piece of artwork depicting what Inuits call an “inukshuk.” People (plus the odd seagull) have employed inukshuks as markers to guide them to needful things like travel routes, food supplies and places of reverence. This one happens to signify all those things for me – marking Vancouver as a special destination […]
THE NOVA SCOTIA DREAMIN’ BIT
On such a winter’s day about two years ago, I was not in my home in L.A. – I was sitting on a player’s bench in a Cape Breton Island ice rink in Nova Scotia. And if I hadn’t been gasping for breath at the end of a recreation hockey championship game, I might have spared a second to […]
THE BIT ABOUT VIKING SCOREBOARD
So are Vikings trending right now? They’ve long been part of American culture as namesakes and mascots for everything from grade schools to an NFL team. There are even North American cities named “Viking.” But these days, you can also take a DNA test just to determine if you can claim a deeper Viking connection than the old alma mater. And they have their own […]
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