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A Good Death
My great grandfather, Ketill, died while splitting wood in his backyard.
I expect, in the split second of his death, he had no complaint. As a nurse once said,
Greenhouse of the Heart
In The Greenhouse Audur Ava Olafsdottir creates a spell binding character with Lobbi, a young Icelandic man who is confused by life. One night he
Icelandic Quirks
This is the second time I
Little Book of The Icelanders
Time and tide
Time and tide wait for no one. Neither does the Salt Spring ferry.
When you spend a lot of time on the islands off the coast of British Columbia, you learn to move to the rhythm of the ferry system.
Liar Loans
Do you remember liar loans? Someone working at MacDonald
Paradise Reclaimed
Paradise Reclaimed begins by saying Icelanders
Paradise Reclaimed
The Cost of War
In the time leading up to Remembrance Day, I think often of my grandfather, William John Smith. He left Ireland for Canada. He went to Winnipeg because he had three sisters there. He joined the militia. After WWI began, he joined the regular army and went to France to fight for Britain.
He was a crack shot. The army made him a sniper and a machine gunner. He was so accurate that on a
