isobelmtl

Writing under a Montreal sky

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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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  • Long autumn walk in Montreal

    Our home and native land …. Or autumn fantasy After a chat with a hearing aid dealer in Verdun, one of my favorite “ down home” Montreal neighborhoods, I decided to walk home. Her verdict , “you can hear but you can’t understand” was rather discouraging and , putting it down perhaps to a translation…

  • Avian Flu

    In my neighborhood park some uniformed animal staff were armed with huge nets. They caught this cormorant who was holed up in the roots of my favourite willow tree. The “ chief “ was a chatty type who explained that the bird was exhausted from coughing and they were going to take him to a…

  • Caught for a moment

    got caught in a tree and set them free

  • Unexpected Things

    these surprised me by being pure white! When I walk in my neighborhood park I often take a shortcut through a leafy lane rather than sticking to the paved paths. This little tree is overshadowed by lots of green foliage so I guess it doesn’t get enough light. It’s a strange sight amid all the…

  • Morning Star

    At the end of summer I started to wake very early. I sat on an old chaise-lounge next to the patio door. At about five-thirty the big star would start to climb above the nearby rooftops. Nearby, and yet so far, so far away. Brilliant and large it slowly climbed up the dark sky while…

  • Making up our minds about autumn

    I was glad I had taken a rather delicate pair of potted plants in last night as the temperature fell to 4 degrees. No frangipani can be happy in that zone! Some trees leap right into the blaze of red that we Canadians are so proud of. I’ve been busy in the museum lately preparing…

  • Hiking up memory lane

    Decades ago my Dad brought us here. This is the lake in the crater of a long- ago volcano on Mont St Hilaire. It lies beyond the Richelieu River to the South-East of Montreal. With a new job as supervisor of all the buildings and grounds of McGill University, this and many acres of surrounding…

  • Oh yeah?

    I’ve always loved writing my blog but now, with a book publishing deal signed ( yes, you read right) I figured it was time to learn how to manipulate my own website. A very patient young man at a city library led three people “of a certain age” through some of the mysteries of this…

  • Learning Something New

    I’m in the dark about creating a website but…I’m learning – so they tell me! My long-suffering readers will have to put up with a few experiments until it’s done. Bear with me.

  • A day out on the Islands

    All around Vancouver Island are smaller islands. I. Never think about them much when I am at home in Montreal . They are beautiful and a joy to visit. You get there by various ferries and navigating the schedules and connections can be tricky. live out here and it is wonderful to drive on narrow…