Memoirs: Winter 14 Articles

by Jobie Weetaluktuk

I remember taking a walk the streets of Beaconsfield, QC during the January 1998 ice storm. It was the great ice storm. After five days of coping as best we could, we decided that we should go for a walk. The streets we...read more

by David Toms

Thinking about the slippery floor at McDonalds today started me thinking about the old ice pond back home in the early days. I am talking about the year 1958 when we were all enjoying this month of January beneath five or ...read more

by Michael Bettencourt

SLIDING As a child I remember that as soon as the ground got cold enough to hold snow, and the snow began to layer itself into a depth, my friends and I would hit the slopes, not for skiing, which none of us knew how to...read more

by Albert Aunchman

Winter Candy I stretched and kicked off the blankets as I rubbed the sleepys out of the corner of my eyes. I shivered as my bare feet hit the icy cold linoleum floor. A mad dash to open the bedroom door and I was there....read more

by Elizabeth Wordsmith

Those who live or have lived in the colder climes are warriors and love to talk about the worst winter, the worst storm, the terrible circumstances they endured and how they survived. There must be medals to give! We are ...read more

by December

The longest winter in my life started on October 28th, 2002. It lasted for 6 months. Coming from a city where snow is not possible, I was surprised by the first glance of my first snow storm. Pennsylvanians told me tha...read more

by Sheryl J. Miller

"The Ups and Downs of Winter: From Ice Sculptures to Ice Storms" In many ways, I am not a big fan of winter. Even when I remembered to raise my windshield wipers to prevent them from freezing to th...read more

by Joann Johnson

When I was a child we could not wait for that first snow.It was the best part of winter.We always had our boots,coats,mittens and of course that beautiful sled ready for the first run down the hill.There was five of us chi...read more

by Kerri Savard

Winter in Winnipeg, Manitoba I am from Winnipeg, Manitoba and I know winter better than most and this winter for me hasn't and isn't a beautiful one. It has been steadily -35C for months, with a few breaks of course. W...read more

by Edward Bernard

My journey began on a greyhound bus as it pulled out of the downtown Detroit bus terminal . A wicked snow and ice storm had hit the city overnight. My mom braved the snow which was falling in sheets to take me to the bus s...read more

by Stephen Atkinson

Winter Many fanciful images are conjured up when I think of the winter season. Days and nights spent working outside, for one, will always provide me with the best of memories. In particular, the blizzard of 1993 comes ...read more

by S.D. West

AN UNEXPECTED GIFT My life that winter seemed nothing but endless drudgery, hectic and filled with chores. Carrying firewood, keeping the stove stoked, filling kerosene lamps and doing laundry were the most tim...read more

by S. james-T Ward

The Slowest Death: What, beyond my weathered pane, beckons me so that leaving this sheltered warmth and fair keep I would invest even the least of time unto? Ti's more gray, a deeper shade of drear long since witnesse...read more

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by Melissa R. Bickel

I remember a few years back, we had an enormous amount of snow fall for our area. It was like a blanket had settled upon the earth to ward off the chill. It was a winter that was cathartic for my son and I. We had both ...read more