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Colour of Outdoors by Mandy Ford

  • Colour of Outdoors by Mandy Ford
Colour of Outdoors by Mandy Ford
  • A Labrador Christmas in 10 Easy Steps

    2024-12-24

    Step one: locate your warmest mitts n’ boots, not the fancy ones you wears to church, or the mitts that your nan made you with her only ball of hot pink… more ›

  • Picture this.

    2014-01-25

    Picture this. You’re walking down a freshly groomed trail in winter, it’s a crystal-clear calm night, just below freezing. Your breath dissipates in the air. It smells like Christmas and… more ›

  • The Ocean’s Soul

    2014-01-08

    The mist lingered on top of the water for 15 minutes longer today. He took another sip of coffee and rocked slowly in his chair on the front deck of… more ›

  • Breaking Bread.

    2014-01-03

    The sunlight tangoed across the dusty dashboard. Her fingers tapped to the tune of “Crazy,” by Patsy Cline. “No one sings it quite like you Patsy,” she said aloud to… more ›

  • There Were No Edges.

    2013-12-30

    No one could find the edge of her heart – truth is, there were no edges. The love she had for everyone and everything was infinite.. and it was reciprocated. I don’t know… more ›

  • On the corner of Death and Disaster

    2013-12-08

    I caught you eyeing me too many times to count, and all I could do was smile. Looking back now, did you ever think the girl you met at the… more ›

  • Open Your Eyes

    2013-11-27

    The night fell like a black cloak surrounding the bay. The snow glistens on the mountain tops from beneath the glow of the rising moon. A polar bear and her… more ›

  • Dreaming

    2013-10-14

    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… more ›

  • Trapped on the Labrador Barrens.

    2012-03-22

    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… more ›

  • What you need to know about a Labrador child

    2012-02-08

    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… more ›

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