Lorrie Moore’s A Gate at the Stairs
Lorrie Moore’s short story “People Like That Are the Only People Here” has long been one of my favourite stories, so when her new novel was published, I was eager to read it. It doesn’t…
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Classic with a Twist, the Christmas Version?
Let me just sneak in a last few favourite images from Christmas before the year closes. . . here’s my son “helping” Nola set up the Brio train set of his (and his sisters’) childhood.…
View PostWhat I Wore, Festive Dinner with Sisters
My “What I Wore” feature has been sadly neglected for the past several weeks — and now that my research leave has begun, I’m afraid my sartorial range may be quite constrained. But here’s a…
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They’ve all gone home, and we’re left with our books, a quiet house, turkey soup simmering on the stove, and some lovely memories of Christmas 2010. One highlight was my eldest daughter saying that her…
View PostRushdie’s Shalimar the Clown
I do a fair bit of reading while riding the ferry to town in the morning and back home in the evening, even carrying a small light in my bag against the dark of winter…
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