Breakfast at the Hoito: And Other Adventures in the Boreal Heartland
by Charles Wilkins | Other | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1896219330 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1896219330 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Tarna of Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on 6/29/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Second printing. Natural Heritage Books, Toronto 1997. Paperback, 182 pages.
The blurb:
BREAKFAST AT HE HOITO brings together a collection of stories and essays on the dreamlike world of Lake Superior’s north shore…on wilds and wildlife, people and places.
Spend the day in the kitchen of the famed Hoito restaurant in Thunder Bay. Discover the secret life of ravens; the passions of the blueberry picker; the thrills and fears of the novice ice climber. Tour Silver Islet, an eccentric summer community that has evolved from the relics of what was once the world’s richest silver mine; and the town of Schreiber, half of whose 2,000 residents trace their roots to the Italian city of Siderno. Visit a 16th-century pine forest, and meet Freda McDonald, one of Canada’s most respected aboriginal elders. Accompany the author on a refreshingly candid tour of contemporary Thunder Bay.
Charles Wilkins is the author of eight books, including two national bestsellers, Paddle to the Amazon (with Don Starkell) and After the Applause.
“Wilkins writes with flair and insight, and is not satisfied simply to relate what is obvious about his subject.”
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Oh dear. Writing the text above made me miss Ontario so bad. Silver Islet is one of my favourite places there; Hoito is such a fun place to go, and so on. Sigh. Perhaps I should try another angle: If you go to Hillcrest Park (or anywhere else, for that matter), you don’t see the grain elevators even if the book says so (they no longer exist); Lauri Hietala, the owner of Lauri’s Hardware, is deceased years ago and I don’t think there is any hardware store on Bay Street anymore; nor is there my favourite Thunder bay bookshop, Sweet Thursday Book Shop on Memorial Avenue, where I got this book 11 years ago and; oh yeah, like pancakes with whatever would ever have been a typical Finnish breakfast. Gotta face it, Thunder Bay has changes like any other place, and many of my friends there have passed away. But I’ve still got my memories… I think I’m ready to let this book go and get wild.
Breakfast at the Hoito is reserved to be released as part of gypsymom’s 2009 Canada Day release challenge and Triamy’s Sanatarkkaan-haaste (Literally challenge).
Charles Wilkins at The Writers’ Union of Canada site
Hoito Restaurant Homepage
The Hoito at Wikipedia
City of Thunder Bay Official Website
The blurb:
BREAKFAST AT HE HOITO brings together a collection of stories and essays on the dreamlike world of Lake Superior’s north shore…on wilds and wildlife, people and places.
Spend the day in the kitchen of the famed Hoito restaurant in Thunder Bay. Discover the secret life of ravens; the passions of the blueberry picker; the thrills and fears of the novice ice climber. Tour Silver Islet, an eccentric summer community that has evolved from the relics of what was once the world’s richest silver mine; and the town of Schreiber, half of whose 2,000 residents trace their roots to the Italian city of Siderno. Visit a 16th-century pine forest, and meet Freda McDonald, one of Canada’s most respected aboriginal elders. Accompany the author on a refreshingly candid tour of contemporary Thunder Bay.
Charles Wilkins is the author of eight books, including two national bestsellers, Paddle to the Amazon (with Don Starkell) and After the Applause.
“Wilkins writes with flair and insight, and is not satisfied simply to relate what is obvious about his subject.”
Martin Levin, The Globe & Mail
***
Oh dear. Writing the text above made me miss Ontario so bad. Silver Islet is one of my favourite places there; Hoito is such a fun place to go, and so on. Sigh. Perhaps I should try another angle: If you go to Hillcrest Park (or anywhere else, for that matter), you don’t see the grain elevators even if the book says so (they no longer exist); Lauri Hietala, the owner of Lauri’s Hardware, is deceased years ago and I don’t think there is any hardware store on Bay Street anymore; nor is there my favourite Thunder bay bookshop, Sweet Thursday Book Shop on Memorial Avenue, where I got this book 11 years ago and; oh yeah, like pancakes with whatever would ever have been a typical Finnish breakfast. Gotta face it, Thunder Bay has changes like any other place, and many of my friends there have passed away. But I’ve still got my memories… I think I’m ready to let this book go and get wild.
Breakfast at the Hoito is reserved to be released as part of gypsymom’s 2009 Canada Day release challenge and Triamy’s Sanatarkkaan-haaste (Literally challenge).
Charles Wilkins at The Writers’ Union of Canada site
Hoito Restaurant Homepage
The Hoito at Wikipedia
City of Thunder Bay Official Website
Journal Entry 2 by Tarna at Buffet & Café Linkosuo, Näsilinnankatu in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (6/30/2009 UTC) at Buffet & Café Linkosuo, Näsilinnankatu in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland
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