Where the buffalo roam(ed)
Toronto Star, Oct 29, 2016: FORT MACLEOD, ALTA.—The elder scoops the smoke from the little pile of burning sweetgrass and moves it over either side of her body, careful to […]
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Going with the flow in Hawaii
Toronto Star, Oct 29, 2016: HAWAII ISLAND, HAWAII-We’re walking down a gravel road toward the spot where lava is pouring into the ocean like cake batter into a pan. It’s […]
Santa Fe serves a feast of native culture
Toronto Star, Oct 21, 2016: SANTA FE, N.M.-The swirl of red pepper sauce in the spicy corn soup is pretty, and pretty meaningful: “It’s the knowledge of our ancestors spiralling […]
The other bounty on Florida’s Treasure Coast
Toronto Star, Oct 27, 2016: VERO BEACH, FLA.-The spinner shark jumped out of the water, propelling itself into the air — joyously, surely — and before you could say “Look […]
Seeing Sonora
Toronto Star, Oct 16, 2016: SONORA ISLAND, B.C.-The nearby evergreens start dancing as the helicopter descends onto the landing pad. The trees are swaying, their boughs waving wildly and offering […]
Paddling Whistler’s River of Golden Dreams
Toronto Star, Sept 14, 2016, WHISTLER, B.C.—Picking your paddle is one thing, but for this canoe ride — down Whistler’s River of Golden Dreams — it may be more important […]
Hey bunny! Furry pick-me-ups
Calgary Herald, Sept 5, 2016: “It’s like we live in a zoo,” my son said one day as we stood watching a hare and a couple of squirrels frolicking on […]
Next stop for that old T-shirt …
Calgary Herald, Oct 3, 2016: I don’t know what to do with my Scooby Doo T-shirt. I had forgotten all about it until I found it at the bottom of […]
Talking to Americans Nov 9
Calgary Herald, Nov 7, 2016: One more sleep until the U.S. presidential election. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t looked forward to something ending this much since childbirth. As […]
Jennifer Allford 