Spring Memories
My mother brought these Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Starry eyes’ from her garden to plant in mine at least ten years ago. Every spring, now, I think of her as they bloom near her birthday (she turned 82…
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Silver, Grey, Glittering Solemnity
We’re getting ready to say good-bye to my mother, who is sleeping more and more each day, moving less and less, although she still does her best to hold up her end of a conversation.…
View PostGood-bye Kate . . .
Another stellar Canadian woman gone, another massive loss to our cultural life. Kate McGarrigle has died. I’m off to listen to Matapedia, and then perhaps to move on to listening to some Martha and some…
View PostRemembering P.K. Page — An Inspiring Life
Canada has lost a national treasure, a literary grand dame, as CBC terms her (sadly leaving out her considerable achievements as a visual artist, a painter — an omission rectified in this later CBC report…
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