At the Inside Story bookstore I found the Special Collector’s edition of Canadian Geographic (July/August 2025). It includes an essay by Wade Davis ‘North Star. Reflections on Canada and being Canadian’
Davis quotes Zita Cobb, from Fogo Island, Newfoundland :
“Canada is a mosaic because our geography denies any other possibility. Our landscape is a map of dreams, a mystic endowment essential to our identity.” p.48
This special edition celebrates Canada, ‘True North Strong and Free’. Clearly, a response to Trump’s machinations south of the border.
Friday, Heather, myself and Frank Fox enjoyed lunch at the Indian Masala House on Queen Street in Bridgetown. A very positive addition to eating out locally.
Saturday, over a growler of Brickyard Red, John Wightman and I discussed plans for the Ring of Fire. Again, covered in Canadian Geographic under the title: ‘Yehewin Aski, the Breathing Lands’ by Susan Nerberg. From Jeronimo Kataquapit, ‘Jeronimo hopes to create a clearer image of what’s happening to the land and animals – and in turn his people – so he can guide positive change, perhaps as a GIS specialist and land guardian’. p.75.
Sunday, we were back in Bridgetown to celebrate Fielding’s graduation from BHS (Bridgetown Regional High School).
He has expressed an interest in the Railway Conductor program at SAIT in Calgary. It is a twelve week course. He may become a Geographer.
Tomorrow, the country and its people will celebrate Canada Day.
If you have the opportunity, find a copy of Canadian Geographic.
Acknowledgements
Frank Fox, John Wightman and AnJeanette LeMay (Fielding’s Mother) for expanding my horizon.
Reference
Canadian Geographic July/ August 2025, Vol 145 Number 4, This is Canada : Special Collector’s Issue, Protecting Western James and Hudson Bays, Last Fire Watcher.
Ernest Blair Experiment 