Love Letters From the Battlefield
How words kept my grandparents connected during the Second World War
Read MoreAuthor: Harley Rustad
Harley Rustad is a features editor at The Walrus and author of Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada's Last Great Trees.
How I Learned to Love Bonsai
When my amateur attempts at the art weren’t working, I went to YouTube star Nigel Saunders
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Out of the Shadow of a Mountain
I travelled to the Himalayas with my dad to better understand his history. I left understanding my future
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The Stories We Tell About Our Fathers
Bill Gaston’s new memoir examines his dad’s life—and our fears that we all become our parents
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The Quiet Pursuit of Extreme Solitude
What we can learn from a man who spent twenty-seven years alone in the woods
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Bitcoin for Bohemians
Salt Spring Island, BC, prints its own money—and is an ideal site for a local currency experiment
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Bring Back Cracker Jack
The Blue Jays’ stadium has replaced the legendary caramel corn—and removed one of baseball’s greatest icons
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Big Lonely Doug
How a single tree, and the logger who saved it, have changed the way we see British Columbia’s old-growth forests
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