I still have those skis – all wood, antique-looking now, the kind of thing hipsters pronounce “authentic.”
Tag: winter
My Canada, 12/150: Parka People
Canada doesn’t have an official “costume” the way Germans have lederhosen and dirndl or Scots have kilts. But I’m puttin’ it out there: a parka comes close.
My Canada, 11/150: Down on the farm
Canada began as a rural nation: more than 80 per cent of people lived in rural areas in the 1870s.
My Canada, 10/150: Ski-doo to you too
In Canada, Bombardier’s Ski-doo became king, the term a generic equivalent to “snowmobile”.
My Canada, 9/150: Snow bound
Snow in winter is ingrained in our Canadian ways.
My Canada, 1/150: The Elora Gorge, ON
I grew up near Elora, in the town of Elmira. “Ooooh,” people would say when I told them my hometown. “That’s so pretty! I love the gorge.” Ah no, I’d auto-correct. Elora. That’s the pretty place.
