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Editorials
Lillian Vilborg
Managíng Editor
WlNNIPEG, MB
As we prepare this travel
issue, I think about my
own travelling experiences.
When I was young, our only
trips were to my grandparents'
farm just north of Lundar. It
was sixty miles on a gravel
road, then fíve miles on an
earth road, which was often
slippery slimy mud. These
trips were always high adven-
ture. In the middle of winter,
we kids might be wrapped in
blankets in the back of Dad's
three-ton truck. Once the road
to the farm was impassable and
Gordon Thorsteinson took us
in Dr. Paulson's Bombardier.
Now, that was high adventure.
What is now a one-hour
drive was then interminably
long in my child's mind. We
had games we played — I spy
with my little eye, something
that begins with... and songs
we sang, "Row row row your
boat," "You are My Sunshine,"
"She Sat in her Garden," my
dad's favourite, and "There's a
Hole in the Bottom of the Sea,"
at which my mom was the
expert. We knew every town
on the number six line, and
ticked them off as we passed
by. We stopped at Lake Francis
for an ice cream cone. When
we got to Oak Point, the miles
just dragged to Clarkleigh, and
then dragged again, past the
quarry, until finally Lundar
loomed into view.
When I was six we had a
family trip to the Whiteshell
with my dad's sister's family. It
was so exciting that my broth-
er threw up in the car en route
and I was sick in bed for the
whole weekend.
Mostly we never went any-
where unless we were visiting
relatives, so once my dad's sis-
ter moved to Minneapolis, it
became a destination for us.
Finally, when I was in my mid-
teens, we went on our first real
road trip, and drove from
Winnipeg to Wynyard via
Minneapolis. Relative destina-
tions. It was hot and driving in
our big black Oldsmobile, we
three in the back seat got into
some tangles. Everyone was
relieved when we finally
reached Wynyard and all the
relatives there, many of whom
were new to us kids. Especially
our cousins who were our age.
Prairie landscape was my
reality, and remained my reali-
ty until I was twenty-one and
pregnant with my first child.
That's when I first saw the
Rockies. As we drove across
southern Saskatchewan, I kept
imagining I saw the mountains
in the clouds on the horizon. I
was breathless with anticipa-
tion. And breathless all the
time we were there, as the alti-
tude and my body argued with
each other.
When we took the gondola
up to the top of Mount
Norquay, I was completely
amazed that there was a field
of mountains as far as my eye
could see. I was convinced that
there would be a row of moun-
tains, and then prairie again.
Since then I have seen
many different landscapes. The
first time I landed in Iceland, I
couldn't believe the scenery on
the road from Keflavík to
Reykjavík. I looked out the
window of the bus and won-
dered what I was doing there.
Fortunately my dad's cousin
Obbi took us to his favourite
places on the Reykjanes penin-
sula, and we picniced on the
moss covered lava. Through
his eyes I was able to see the
beauty of the fields of lava and
steaming ground. Now when I
arrive in Iceland, I look for-
ward to filling my eyes with
this stunning landscape. It has
become as much home for me
as my beloved prairies.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I once asked for some
explanation of this runic mes-
sage that appears weekly in
your paper. Received no reply.
I’m sure others would be inter-
ested in the same.
Emil Gillies
WlNNIPEG, MB
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Dear Editor,
I suggest that it would be
appropriate that your Canada
Charitable Registration num-
ber be included as part of your
statement that "All donations
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I usually read each issue of
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seeing any comment or expla-
nation on the runic characters
which have appeared on the
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issue (Volume 113, No. 29). Is
there a message there?
And, incidentally, your
volume number is now 116, not
115. Is it not time to change it?
Ed Eggertson
Burlington, ON
WhoopsH Thanks for
pointing this out. We are now
officially in volume 116!!! Ed.
In order to respond to
these two queries, we contact-
ed David Jón Fuller, who was
in charge of design when the
runic message was added. This
is his reply:
The runic message at the
bottom of the pages reads:
"Keep in touch with your
roots subscribe now to Lögberg
Heimskringla or give a gift
subscription"
People may quibble about
this rune or that rune being
incorrect, when in fact there
were more than one runic
alphabet or futhark being used.
What I did was type the mes-
sage in English, change the
font to one 1 found on a Viking
web site called "Bryggen" (for
Macintosh), then print the mes-
sage and scan it as an image.
Hope this helps,
David
Dear Editor,
Just a note to say I enjoy
your paper very much especial-
ly Barna hornið (children's cor-
ner). I was wondering if you
are planning on making tapes
of them. If so I would no doubt
buy some. All the best.
Valdimar Frederickson,
Kenora, ON
This is an idea we must
think about. Ed.
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