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Following the Blue Road on the Steps of Kenneth White in Quebec : Episode 8

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A colder spell had set in. It had been a summery Autumn, but now suddenly there was a sharp Winter’s bite in the air. ‘November chill blaws lood wi’ angry sugh…’ Funny how a line of Robert Burns should come into my head. Maybe the ghost of some Scotsman who trekked up here before me? I was to come across … Continue reading →

Following the Blue Road on the Steps of Kenneth White in Quebec: Episode 5

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Herman Melville came North to Canada on his honeymoon trip, when he was twenty-nine years old. In Montreal, he met Captain Coffin, about to leave on a whaling expedition up the norh Coast to Labrador. Maybe that was when the idea of the White Whale started germinating.     A few months back, at Stromness, a little port in the … Continue reading →