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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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  • À consolation

    who is far away in British Colombia. My daughter who lives here offered me much appreciated practical hands-on help yesterday. What was all the fuss about? I’ll spare you ( most of) the details but…. Yesterday I had my first colostomy test. People are quite right when they say the prep is the worst part…

  • Almost forgot!

    More than ten years ago I self published this book of poetry. To my surprise, it’s still for sale on Amazon. If anybody’s interested, check it out. They’re listing it at $19 …. I just wonder what would happen if anyone bought it. I had a great experience publishing it on the advice of Judyth…

  • San Miguel se Allende, Mexico

    www.amazon.ca/photos/share/a4gF9H9NcvlobpYTmcxPR81O7TjiwLa1N0yu7XHTbnQ À happy memory from San Miguel de Allende 2016. … oh stop! Ten years!!

  • It is really coming – Spring!

    On my way around the big pond in my neighborhood park. I’ve posted lots of shots from this vantage point. This is the first one this year though. It has simply been too brutally cold and snowy to tempt me out here. The treadmill at the gym has been a sporadic substitute. Sometimes even getting…

  • I Promised and … I Did

    I had regular birdseed and inspired, I included the ends of some green beans I had been preparing The few that picked up à bit of greenery- spat it out! Read up on what to feed them and will include some steel cut oats today. My friend, the crow refused to enter the fray and…

  • These boots are made for walking…

    for a while anyway. Some of you know that I have been planning a stay of two weeks as hospitalera in Porto and then walking the end of the Portugese Camino. So, I splurged on Columbia( my favorite) waterproof shoes. Hmm, the best laid plans… last week I got a diagnosis which will mean staying…

  • I Hate Squirrels

    do this in the middle of the longest cold snap in memory? I have never liked these rats with attitude and their attack on the upholstered arm on one of my balcony chairs à couple of weeks ago had me shaking pepper all over the place. Normally I love animals… dogs, cats, fish, birds, men…

  • I think! It certainly isn’t north of my home but it is the first star to appear. It certainly wasn’t anywhere to be seen tonight as the day was mostly like this it’s still snowing. Snow can be beautiful, white and silent it covers a lot of ugliness. It’s romanticized by people who never have…

  • Goodbye, until next time

    There is only one king in my crèche. I know a playful dog ran away with Balthazar decades ago and we only found a chewed up remnant weeks after Christmas. The dog, Katie, suffered no ill effects. What happened to the other Magi … I cannot tell. This set was bought by my parents at…

  • The day before Christmas Eve

    It’s snowing properly today and it almost certainly will be “ a White Christmas” I have a visitor staying with me for a few days. My dear niece, Katy, is here from Greece. She was so kind when I was in Kefalonia, it was a pleasure to have her here in Montreal Christmas Eve service…