acadian belly fire "Acadian," says Karen. "That's really interesting. There was actually quite a bit of intermarriage between the Acadians and the native Indians, wasn't there?" Her tone betrays no awareness of her faux pas. There is a pause. Everyone is smiling. Jack knows that Mimi will assume the woman is catty, but he can't see anything but interest on Karen's face. She looks like a stranger in a strange land, here among the lawn chairs. Even her husband is recognizable in his way - a bearded, rumpled professor. But Karen is a woman with undone hair and no makeup, talking about the finer points of Canadian history. "That's how they got out of taking the oath of allegiance to England, right? Before the Expulsion." Mimi smiles and shrugs. Karen continues, "By claiming Indian blood." Jack looks at Mimi. Will she roll with it? Tell the story of le grand derangement? That's why I'm so good at moving. ... Jack tells the story of the English forcing the Acadians from their homes two hundred years ago, and Mimi rallies: "That's why I'm so good at moving." from The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie Macdonald 040306 ... mon enjoyed reading this 040307 ... inconnue dupuis leblanc landry thibodeau theriot bernard borg salle bourgeois gaudet trahan charbonneaux richard petitpas bugaret blanchard lambert gautreau mi'kmaq 040827 ... * charbonneaux=charbonneau/corbineau 040827 ... mon driftwood 051007 what's it to you? who go blather from