Susan Nicol's Blog: Canadian Sagas, page 4

Ripe for the Picking

I've picked a few berries in my time, mostly saskatoons and chokecherries, in my native province of Manitoba. Products made from local berries become part of the DNA of a region. Saskatoons are a bit tart (like some Prai...

Inviting You Inside

This Saturday, I'll be visiting Indigo Kenaston Commons in Winnipeg with one of my beta readers and another Red River College Creative Communications grad to see my novel, Sagas & Sea Smoke, in the Local Authors section....

Viking Village Paths

What you see here are the mounds and hollows created by a Viking village that existed on this spot around the year 1000 A.D. This is L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, the only verified Norse encampment in North America a...

Leif's Camp

To get a true sense of the scope of the Norse encampment at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, it's necessary to look at a scale model of the area. When one is walking around the actual site, it's difficult to imagine wha...

Any mummers 'lowed in?

If you can't read the little framed picture above this exquisite display, it says, "Mummers kitchen scene". If you're a Come-From-Away, explanations are definitely required.

Iron Will

There were four main reasons why Vikings (specifically, Leif Eiriksson and his clan) built an encampment at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, around 1000 A.D.

Thar be whales here

This exquisite poster on the wall of Fishing Point Emporium, a museum and gift shop in St. Anthony, Newfoundland, features two of that province's star attractions. If you search online for photos of "whales and icebergs"...

Homemade Music

The young woman at the centre of attention in this photograph is learning how to play "the spoons". In fact, the instrument she is bouncing between her outstretched palm and her knee is a manufactured version of the orig...

Home is Where You Hang Your Helmet

This is the interior of the reconstructed Leader's Hall at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, the only verified Viking encampment in North America. The original building was quite large; in fact, the Leader's Hall was twi...

Divining the Future

As 2019 approaches, we will be presented with many predictions for the year ahead. Media outlets will feature prognostications from political pundits, weather forecasts from meteorologists, and horoscopes from astrologis...