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Jun 18, 2017
Benji, Hitchhiker
My encounter with Benji was one of those conversations where you start talking, thinking you’ll just exchange a couple sentences, and then discover that you’re so interested in each other...
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Jun 16, 2017
Day 047: Out of the Woods
This morning was all hills, and I was grateful that we’d started as early in the morning as we had because the air was cool and still. Still, I ran...
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Jun 14, 2017
Day 045: Windy Coast
Asad was up with our farmer host, George, in order to help bottlefeed an orphan calf, say good morning to the barn cats, and grind some fresh coffee beans. The...
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Jun 13, 2017
Nta’tugwaqanminen
I stopped in an administrative building in Gesgapegiag First Nation and unexpectedly found a book titled Nta’tugwaqanminen (Our Story): Evolution of the Gespe’gewa’gi Mi’gmaq. It was published by Fernwood Press...
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Jun 12, 2017
Day 043: Time to Practice Speaking French
Biked from the country’s only bilingual province into the country’s only French province. “When you get to the other side,” said a local in Campbellton, “you’re in Québec.” I’m not...
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