Monthly Archives: June 2008

 

Boreal poets

Sunday carried on being warm and sunny… Even the birds get pretty houses on Signal Hill Road and some more mailboxes. The party bus was waiting and we all piled aboard and had a photo op at Portugal Cove before … Continue reading

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Newfoundland Sunday

The sun finally shone on St John’s today. We were unprepared for the sudden brightness and warmth! Here, at last, “the million dollar harbour view” (taken from the Dildo room – named as they all are after places in Newfoundland … Continue reading

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The Eastern front: League of Poets meeting in St John’s, Nfld.

Toronto traffic wardens waved us in and out of Pearson Airport on Thursday where I paused at Wolfgang Puck Express and had a pretty good (though overly sweetened) bowl of butternut squash soup in a styrofoam container, with a freshly-dressed … Continue reading

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Got to Guelph and on to Newfoundland

We left Orillia after a brief tour of downtown, where the wildlife is safely behind windows… Passed some nice Ontario farmland and kept our eyes peeled in search of characteristic Ontario farmhouses with their steep gables – this one came … Continue reading

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On to Orillia

So yesterday, it rained when we left Montreal River. And then it was cloudy. And then it rained. And then it was cloudy. And then it rained. And then it was cloudy. And, wait, let me think: then it rained. … Continue reading

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