COLOR OF OUTDOORS BLOG

Category: Short Stories

  • Dreaming

    How gracefully your fingertips touched the brim of my glasses Pulling them gently as to not disturb the hair on my forehead. That was the gentlest you’d ever been. The sun beat down and paraded itself in through our kitchen window Creeping slowly across to the spot where I sat, Shoulders against the cupboards toes…

  • Trapped on the Labrador Barrens.

    Trapped on the Labrador Barrens.

    I was thinking tonight, as I was trying desperately to fall asleep, about a skidoo trip that my Dad and I took when I was 14-15 years old. We took a three hour run to Red Bay, Labrador from St. Lewis. Our intention was to pick up my Aunt’s new skidoo, but we got a…

  • What you need to know about a Labrador child

    What you need to know about a Labrador child

    I feel the need to make comment about a recent situation that has made national headlines. A 14-year-old boy from Makkovik Labrador who went missing on his snowmobile and was found frozen to death on the ice. From what news organizations have been reporting, when this boy had gone missing his parents instantly began a…

  • Pocket knife

    Pocket knife

    As far back as I can remember my grandfather Hubert carried an old wooden and brass handled knife in his pocket. Often times I would see him sitting outside widdling a small stick with it ( or scratching at his fingernails ha ha). That pocket knife, sadly, belongs to me now. My grandfather passed away…

  • Because they lived.

    I was thinking tonight, as I placed an overflowing amount of towels in the washer, how good we really have it. I know, I know, the topic isn’t new, but can you really see yourself washing clothes with a wash-board and pail? Can you really see yourself wringing out pants and shirts until your knuckles…

  • iAddict

    By Mandy Poole * this article is also featured at mindyourmind.ca on the ‘community’ blog section. Each day the human body conducts an effortless amount of tasks almost unnoticeably. We awaken, we use the bathroom, we cook ourselves breakfast and we get ready for work or school. Somewhere in the midst of the day we…

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