A little reading from Magyarázni to pass the time.
Film
Shelf Tour #4: The Forks! The Lap! The Forks! The Lap! /
Today is allegedly “Canadian Film Day” which might be a made up thing the toby I lived with used as an excuse to have us rewatch “My Winnipeg,” but that’s neither here nor there, as one needs no excuse to rewatch “My Winnipeg.” It is the best movie and one should periodically rewatch it unprompted for maximum enjoyment of life.
I first watched it after my mom, when she’d taken it out from the library. She wasn’t sure if I, not a Winnipegger like her, would appreciate it (she’s not from there but lived there for many years). At the time I was preparing to move to Montreal and a wept and wept watching it. Every time since then I’ve laughed hysterically at it. One day I would love to write something analogous for Calgary. For this reason when I found out Coach House had a “My Winnipeg” book I ordered it immediately, and have proceeded in my usual way to not read it but just poses it, greedily.
We got talking about Manitoba, and books, and that brings us a special guest book from the toby’s shelf: “Manitoba Book of Everything.”
In reading a list of “You Know You’re from Manitoba When”s from this book, I’ve learned that Winnipeggers yell “Halloween Apples!” either instead of or in addition to “Trick or treat!” when trick or treating. How interesting… how bizarre…