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Writing under a Montreal sky
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Off we go with good wishes, offers of lifts, reminders, excitement, obsessive checking, dreams, fears, expectation, trepidation, wonder, questions, cleaning of fridge, arranging of flower pots for best sun, waiting, people watching, searching in various bags, pockets, waist packs, gauze bags pinned to various pieces of underwear, panic at “ lost” keys, rummaging , changing…
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A spring walk in the back country of the Laurentian mountains was a big treat today. More beauty is on its way
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The light has changed and things are changing on the park. I want to be ecstatic, I want to lean into it but I’m worried that we haven’t had enough snow, that our winter was deformed, off the ‘ normal’ track. I read an article yesterday that all the famous gardens in Britain are already…
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Is there anything more boring, mundane, commonplace than talking about the weather? Except…. when a magical snowfall greets me as I look over to the park. Now this is what I have been waiting for all winter! Storybook snow, kind snow, forgiving snow that covers all ugliness, all brown and sickly grass, all grey salted…
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On Monday I got an email asking if I would like to come on as a guest on the daily radio show of the CBC broadcasting company here in Montreal. I had two day’s notice because the invitation was for Wednesday. It was made in response to an article of mine that CBC had published…
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Probably going to his job early in the cold morning with only the trees sleeping through winter to see him. The walker is in the Metro by now and the winter sleeping trees one dawn closer to Spring.
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If they bring out the spring flowers, who am I to argue. My own efforts are lagging behind, but I have faith Well, I’ve got a shower, haven’t I? Got to keep the lemon tree’s and frangipani somewhere! My plants get the benefit of a “ sad” light. Designed to chase away the winter blues…
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The bag is full of blue salt that I “borrowed” from a bin of salt that is to be used on the steps of my condo building. All night freezing rain fell on the city and two kind friends messaged me to inquire if I was going out, to warn me of how slippery it…
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This “dry spell” “green spell” has been very disturbing to me. January 7 is very late to see snowfall( I know, I know we had that huge dump early in December) but since then nothing. I also know it is very tedious to read … to write about weather. However, it is our life, our…
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Just as I was coming home from church today, a little snow squall blessed us with some snowflakes. The little wood just inside the park near my home was almost obscured as the large flakes hurried down. I was so glad to see them as we have had no snow for many weeks. None is…
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