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A delight­ful Dan­ish say­ing, told me by my friend Joan Jacob­sen: “Du kan vænne dig til alt, und­ta­gen sult…når først du har væn­net dig til det, dør du af det.” [You can get used to any­thing except hunger …Once you’re used to it, it kills you.]

Jason Hunter, who vis­it­ed for almost a week, left this morn­ing. He head­ed back up north, where he will under­take a vision quest. He will fast for four days in prepa­ra­tion. It will be inter­est­ing to see how it affects him. He was good com­pa­ny while he was here. For­tu­nate­ly, it was pos­si­ble for him to take the train part of the way. Even the ten-hour jour­ney on Ontario North­land Railway’s North­lander will take him only half of the way home, but it will be much more pleas­ant than tak­ing bus­es or hitch­ing rides. The final half, of course, must be done by airplane.