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It is the summer of 2017, and I sit in the train on my way back west. Canada is a beautiful country but vast. We have been on the train for almost 36 hours now, and only just crossed the border int…
Not keen to be a mere passenger, but to be in the driver’s seat. It didn’t seem too long ago that I hopped on the Canadian for the very first time – I was a bright-eyed and loud, …
I am back on the train again. The last train from Ottawa to Montréal was too short to write and I have been itching to put words on paper, figuratively speaking of course. The train pulls out of Mo…
I’m back on the train – what I now consider my safe space on this journey – but this time for a mere 4 hours from Toronto to Ottawa. We are assigned seats, which I am not used to,…
Original post: 21 July 2017, Winnipeg Too much time, too little time, pressed for time, just enough time. What does time even mean? What is an hour but 60 minutes and a minute 60 seconds? And then …
Original post: 18 July 2017, Saskatoon As the train rolls out of Saskatoon with my face against the window, i returned to the inner musings that i have had with myself for the past couple of days …
Original post: 7 July 2017, Vanderhoof A father with his 2 young sons boarded the train at Smithers. The older boy (Dion) is about 10 and the younger one (Angus) no more than 4. They sit in the se…
Original post: 7 Jul 2017, Terrace The blare of the horn, the majestic mountains with their ice-capped peaks and the winding road and tracks collectively jot my memory of the days on haida gwaii. F…
Original post: 7 July 2017, Prince Rupert Off we go on the Rupert Rocket to Jasper with a layover in Prince George for the night. The rumbling of the wheels on the tracks, the rolling scenery of t…
