Geography is Destiny

March 18th, 2010 by Emma

Among all the lovely scenes in Carol Shields’ novel The Republic of Love, one of my favourites is where the female protagonist, Fay, describes what a small world it is when you live in this city: “The population of Winnipeg is six hundred thousand, a fairly large city, with people who tend to stay put. Families [...]

7 Jeopardy Categories

March 2nd, 2010 by Emma

Inspired by Greg G’s recent blog post, I thought I’d share my own list of dream Winnipeg-related Jeopardy categories. (This meme comes from Douglas Coupland’s excellent novel, Microserfs, which is probably one of my all-time faves.) I’m still a relative newcomer to the city, but here are a few categories I’m pretty sure I could [...]