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Between Our Steps: Buried in Snow

Whether trying to navigate on foot or by car, the massive volume of snow that buries Grey-Bruce in winter can be deceptive.

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Cathy Hird
Feb 10, 2026
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A dusting of snow like sprinkled icing sugar on a Bundt cake. Not enough to shovel. Not enough to change the shape of the land. Just enough to hide the ice on the walkways. A warning to step carefully.

With a more significant snowfall, more is masked. Before the plow goes by, you can’t be sure where the edge of the road is. Now that…

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Cathy Hird lives between the escarpment and Georgian Bay, the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. Retired farmer and United Church minister, Hird writes fiction and creative non-fiction, with seven published fantasy and SciFi novels.
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