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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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  • Some of us live in the light…..

    and….some in the shadows…hehehe!  Why is it so hard to express a fearful cackle on paper?  Don’t you like this great Halloween garland my granddaughter made.  There’s something about the little mouse on the right that is so sinister.  Love it!  I love Halloween!  I love the permitted “badness” of it, the scurrying around in…

  • The perks of insomnia

    A truly spectacular sunrise today.  My kitchen faces south east, a great advantage in coaxing plants to bloom.  Summer is over now and I must be a little more canny if I want to gather beauty.  This sky and even more spectacular swaths of low opal cloud and a dazzling orange sun rising up were…

  • And now for something completely different

    I really detest squirrels!  No, but I really detest them!  I hate how they eat just a bit out of one apple after another.  I hate how,they look at me as though they think I’ll feed them.  I hate how they look at me with that manic glazed eye that recognizes at last my enmity.…

  •   Strange, scary, serene

    Because I have been working on this project for so long, it is strange and unreal to go on Amazon.com and see my book listed under my name or the title of the book.  What is so odd is that I have not even received any books yet ( probably October 31).  For my dear…

  • Wonky WordPress!

    I meant with the book, finally.  I got the proof last week and found a few mistakes which made me grind my teeth ….now I am in direct contact with the publisher to correct those errors and then….order!  Next scene, one hundred years from now people foraging around in my basement find a box of…

  • I am done!

  • Broken dreams

        I hesitated very much to write this post but it must be done.  Last week I was visiting the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusets in the United States.  I went on a week-long trip with a dear friend of mine.  She was kind enough to introduce me to the rich culture hidden in this…

  • What’s going on in the Berkshires?

    I had better start to write about some of the wonderful things here or I will be writing pieces about this magical little corner until Christmas. I would not describe myself as a great expert or even much of a fan of contemporary and modern art….but…I had to be dragged away from the Mass MOCA.…

  • Food…for the soul too!

    Food…for the soul too!

             This day was so full of good things that I hardly know where to start.  A dear friend of mine invited me to her time-share in the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusets, USA. The leaves are just starting to turn and the weather is perfect; pleasant temperatures, no humidity and sunny skies.…

  • I don’t have a lotus

    but some of you know,I have this.  Yesterday I went to the Zen centre in Montreal.  It is located in the most northern part of the city.  You can see the back river from the street.  It is a long established centre for Zen study and meditation.  Yesterday they had an introductory workshop and, curious,…