Peg Donnelly. Banff since 1991.

I am sixty-four. I spent most of my working life in a school library, putting books into the right hands and quiet into a room that did not always want it. I moved to Banff in 1991 because my sister was already here and because the mountains did not feel like a holiday. They felt like a place to stay.

Banff townsite and river in the Bow Valley — Town and river. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Ken Thomas, public domain.

I walk with Maple, a brown dog of mixed opinions. She decides when a walk is over. I write after, at the kitchen table, before the day fills with errands.

This site is a public notebook. It is not a travel agency. It is not a guide service. I am not affiliated with any lift, attraction or tour operator. I do not sell tickets. If you write to me, write about the pages, not about a reservation I cannot make.

Mail: Margaret Donnelly, Banff, Alberta. Email: [email protected].