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Isobel Cunningham has published short fiction and poetry. Her book, Northern Compass is available on Amazon. She was born in Wales but Montreal is her adopted home. She speaks French, Modern Greek ( it’s a fun story) and a little Spanish…oh, English too, of course. She welcomes comments on her blog and looks forward to chatting with you over cyber-space.

Changing and staying the same


 Why is the rosary hanging on the clothes line? To guarantee good weather  on the wedding day of my neighbour’s daughter. This is a very old French Canadian and Italian tradition. It seems the Poles have the same idea as I just found it mentioned on a website for the Wilnus polish community in Ontario.

Yes, people still get married in a white dress in church.  The New York Times had a recent article about how many churches in Quebec have been transformed for use other than worship. A particularly grand church right in my neighborhood is now a theatre. The Montreal church of St. Jude, patron of hopeless cases, is now ,somewhat ironically, transformed into an upscale gym!

What is it that makes us cling to some things and discard others? I wonder

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3 responses to “Changing and staying the same”

  1. Lindy Marchuk Avatar
    Lindy Marchuk

    Love this, Isobel! My chuckle for the day.

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      isobel cunninghamIsobel Cunningham

      Hi Honey! Are you ” at home” now? So nice to hear from you. I will write…promise!

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    spyrorondos

    This is just great! I love the image and the — dare I say it? — superstition.

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