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Tante Madeline knew life on the vast Canadian prairie had its hardships. When the work became too much, though, she grew tired of the chores, tired of the hot and cold and maybe even tired of living with Uncle Henri and young Cousin Jakey. Then she dreamed about flowers -- luscious riots of them in every size and color, sweet and rich as her memories, and beautiful as the constant music of the song sparrow -- and she devised a bold plan that s...

High-pressure situations, your heart beats faster, your eyes stop blinking, and everything moves in slow motion. The mind is so focused you don't think, you just react. Whether it be on or off the football field, Toby Xavier and his team will take you to the heart of these challenges. Toby is put to the test, as the young man learns of love and questions life for the first time. Four tragedies will bring the Blue Boys inches from losing the dr...

Weier mixes memoir, poetry and fiction to tell an intoxicating tale of travel and relationships.

Written in the tradition of Peter Matthiessens classic The Wind Birds, Marshwalker: Naturalist Memoirs conveys the biological and behavioural intricacies of marsh life without dulling their romance and splendour. The memoir is a month-by-month study of a large prairie marsh with its many inhabitants. Weiers meditative observation of birds and their cyclical existence is underscored by his own personal narrative. Marshwalker is both a book on t...

The genesis of Stand the Sacred Tree was in Weiers previous memoir Marshwalker (page 32)it grew out of the questions he explored and the opportunities that were represented. Weier traveled widelySyria, Iceland, Holland, Denmark, and Canadaand wondered at whatif anythingconnects these places and their diverse landscapes and cultures. Icelandic horses to Syrian cab drivers. And of course birds, he never stops thinking of birds. What he discovers...

The poems in Ride the Blue Roan demonstrate the same simplicity and craft as a hand-made instrument. Without affectation, but with open intensity, Weier crafts poems of life fully lived.