Poems 

 Brightsands 2007  by Ruth Bjorkman

Ruth was reciting this famous poem one moonlit night as we were walking out of the bush.   

The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Fairservice

The Lynx  by Colleen Smith

Quotes: 

 "Smashin through the snow in a real big diesel truck, over the edge we go never admit we're stuck, turbo spools with glee tires spinnin free, oh what fun it is.." Joel Pohl 

 Jessica Smith "loves looking at a beautiful northern Ontario winter through the window of a cozy house where the woodstove is crackling..."

Stories: 

"By this time I had travelled more than four kilometres and wondered, why didn’t I backtrack my trail? I knew without a doubt I had chosen the wrong path to follow and what the exact dangers I could so easily become prey to. All the simple safety rules had been broken; I was alone, it was dark, I was long exhausted, I was in a place I had not been before and there was no sure way to get me out should I fail to find my way, lose my wits or become injured. " - Excerpt from a Cold Dark Walk

A Cold Dark Walk  by Katarina Bjorkman

"It was the dead of winter....I scraped away Jack Frost's etching inside the window and peered out....a panorama of wonder, the purest white I had ever seen.  "Now wash me and I shall be whiter than snow" took on new meaning.  The glistening virgin powder had drifted to the bottom of the sill framing a bird's eye view of the frozen lake and ice-glazed trees in all their glory."  - Excerpt from Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise  by Darlene Williamson

Song Lyrics - a rather northern hick version of the original song, often played at Christmas, but really more about winter:

Baby It's Cold Outside   by June Carter Cash

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