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Following The Blue Road on the Steps of Kenneth White in Quebec : Episode 4

Kenneth White The Blue Road 1990 Mainstream Publishing

We’ve been lapping up mile after mile in the clear blue light of an October afternoon. There were a few passengers when we left Chicoutimi, but the bus emptied at Tadoussac (…)

Walt Whitman visited the ‘savage Saguenay country’ around 1880. Wrote a little piece […]

October 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Travelling Quebec | Leave a comment

Following the Blue Road on the Steps of Kenneth White in Quebec – Episode 3

Natashquan, Province of Quebec © Scotiana October 2010

Those who follow the North Road, trying to get into the clear, beyond all the fuzz.

(The Blue Road – Kenneth White)

While Iain and Margaret are flying towards the blue skies of Italy we’re beginning our ‘Blue Road’ towards the […]

October 13th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Travelling Quebec | Leave a comment

Following the Blue Road on the Steps of Kenneth White in Quebec – Episode 2

Autumn moon over Montreal © Scotiana 2010

That night around midnight – there’s a big round Autumn moon sailing grandly over Montreal

(Kenneth White – The Blue Road – Mainstream Publishing Company – Edinburgh – Ltd 1990)

It is with great pleasure that […]

September 30th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Travelling Quebec | 3 comments

Following the Blue Road on the Steps of Kenneth White in Quebec – Episode 1

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Vol d’oies sauvages, Islet-sur-Mer, Bas-Saint-Laurent , Québec, Canada (Wikipedia)

Pour tous ceux, pour toutes celles que tente le dehors, pour la tribu des voyageurs-voyants, pour le grand fleuve et la côte fracturée, pour le monde multiple retrouvé.

(Kenneth White – La route bleue – 1983)

September 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Travelling Quebec | One comment
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