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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.

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  • The surprise of red

    You never really know. But this one was perfect. I actually gasped when I saw the perfection of it. I love the contrast too with the white rim and the lovely green husk. Grandkids verdict – one shlerped it down, one “ I don’t eat that , Granny” and one just took one slice. The…

  • All in the way you look at things?

    Wonderful, isn’t it? As one awaiting cataract surgery I’m treasuring my sight more and more. I’m treasuring a different point of view lately too made me smile as I thought up captions for a big- mouth politician. Or a direction sign for walkers and pedestrians. All in the way we look at things, I guess!

  • On the water today

    What a joy to be out on the water virtually alone! There were three or four but a poor phone camera..,, We were with my daughter’s dear friend and her brother. Chatting, gossiping about the hospital, planning trips……away from this beauty?

  • Denman Island and Hornby Island

    Vancouver Island, where I am visiting my daughter is big so it is fun to get on a local ferry and go off to visit some of the smaller outer islands. To get to Hornby, our destination yesterday, we had to make a skip over Denman. the ferries are almost like local busses, the first…

  • In the midst of death

    Here a forest comes down to the shore. The forest is alive and also dying all the time. Life is being nourished by dead organisms all around me. nourish new saplings. Moss is everywhere When I go on my usual walk beside the shallow but swift-flowing Oyster River, I am acutely aware of how it…

  • Whale Watching

    Not a whale. My daughter, Elizabeth and I went out on a covered boat with about 8 other people from the dock on Campbell River this morning. We did see some whales, some orcas and some humpbacks but in the manner of most living creatures who aren’t interested in humans, they were hard to photograph.…

  • Nothing like a bit of Marcus Aurelius

    He’s a great one for putting things in proportion, no doubt about that. “Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.”…

  • On Vancouver Island

    of Georgia to the mainland. it’s unusually hot here and walking along the shore affords little shade. Still, it’s wonderful to be away from a big city and close to the sea and to walk along a stony beach. The few people I met all greeted me. The trees are lush and songbirds are everywhere.…

  • Eid el adha

    Just a feeling but I think the Muslim feast celebrated today had something to do with the huge number of people in my local and beloved park. This party looked really special. People were dressed in national costume and to my inexperienced eye it looked like it might even be a wedding. People brought tents,…

  • My Big Garden

    I’m so lucky to live close to a large Montreal park. The alternating sun, heat and rain has grass, trees and algae on the big ponds flourishing. I always give a nod of gratitude to the two willows near this spot as they inspired a flash fiction piece that got published over a year ago.…