Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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I came upon author Richard Roper’s novel quite by accident at the library, checked it out, but didn’t commit to it right away. It’s like hovering at the door of an event you don’t quite get, but feel curious about. How much of my reading time do I want to give to a book about…
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The narrow alleys I’ve encountered in trips to France and Italy linger in memory, more perhaps than the cathedrals and art galleries and sweeping views. In the particular case of Cassis France, that’s saying something, given the massive capes that rise straight from the sea to surround the little harbor town — a place best…
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It’s not quite a year since my mother passed. She was such a gift. If I started to talk about her, we’d be here all day. But here are two things. That photo above? I snapped it in January 2024 when I visited her. She lived in southern Alberta and that particular week, the temperature…
