More Spring . . .
Usually, I’m happy to get to the weekend, but approaching this one means Reading Break is almost over, and Monday morning brings the return of regular programming. Two meetings (one a doozy at four hours!)…
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Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
Last fall, a phrase from something I read — I thought it might have been from Ondaatje’s Divisadero, but couldn’t find it on a quick skim through; perhaps it’s in Anne Michaels’The Winter Vault —…
View PostIt never gets old . . .
Much as we complain about grey, rainy days (ha! more like weeks, no, months!) on the West Coast of Canada, we generally acknowledge our good fortune in wonderful springs that begin unfolding their treasures for…
View PostMorning, Morning
Reading Break here, and while I have a big stack of marking to work through, some proposals to write up, several hours of meetings to attend, and some reading-and-thinking-ahead prep to do, I don’t have…
View PostPenelope Lively’s Family Album
Sigh! Here I am again, playing catch-up. Penelope Lively’s Family Album. Incisive sketch of a family from numerous perspectives. A technique that’s been often used, of course, but Lively is a master and it’s marvellous…
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