This afternoon I got a call

...from Luther College at the University of Regina. Professor Gerry Hill and his English class, in a course called "Writing the Western Landscape," were looking at "More Than Three Feet of Ice," the title poem of my last book, and they had some questions for me. Some very challenging questions. It was a fun call. Of course any line of questioning that starts off with a line containing an outhouse is bound to be fun.

UPDATE:
Here's Gerry's account. I plan to track down that Banting text.