weekend plans and new scarf

It’s rainy and windy right now, with a possibility of flurries, but all that weather is supposed to be ushering in more sunshine — like last weekend’s, which I used to photograph this scarf (the…

View Post

Not even in a washing machine?

Last night, I showed you the last of our stormy blue March skies. More blue today, but a gentler version — inside of joining up with stony earth tones and sullen, foreboding greys, my garden…

View Post

morning drama

I know, I already gave you drama today-both gardening and cinematic– but I just couldn’t resist taking these photos this morning, and now I can’t resist sharing them with you. We’ve had every kind of…

View Post

Not so Recent Movie-Viewing

Dark hellebores seem an appropriate garden illustration to accompany a discussion of drama (i.e. movies). Really, what’s more dramatic in the garden than dark blooms?! I discovered this list in a Draft Post from oh-so-long-ago-last…

View Post

Dionne Brand’s What We All Long For

Mater in Toronto last summer, in front of the Royal Ontario Museum’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal As I mentioned last post, I’ve been teaching Dionne Brand’s What We All Long For. My students are finding much…

View Post

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.