Libby Gunn is the author of Thebacha Trails: A Guide to Special Areas Around Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. She lived in Fort Chipewyan for eighteen months. Thebacha Trails is published by the author and available in retail outlets or by mail order: Libby Gunn, c/o 7325 Blenheim St., Vancouver, BC, V6N 1S2; or by e-mail.) Her piece "Winter Road" appears in Geist issue 47.
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ADVICE FOR THE LIT-LORN Why doesn’t anyone in North America say barmy for balmy? According to my research, Barmy came first and still enjoys a jolly life. But most North American dictionaries don’t even mention the earlier Scots barmy. —Simon McGavin, Cyberspace |