Tag Archives: family life
Guest post: Carrie Snyder on the many stages of reading
Part 7 (wow!) of a growing series on Blog of Green Gables, When Writers Read Kids’ Books. I’m thrilled to welcome Carrie Snyder, most recently the author of The Juliet Stories, writing here about “subtly sharing with my children the … Continue reading
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School of dark socks, school of dark thoughts
School was a long time ago now for me, as the picture attests. But somehow, every year, the back-to-school feeling twists in my belly. The smell in the air at this time of year; the end-of-summer breeze; the flowers forming … Continue reading
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Open here and start
I recently rediscovered a pile of old stories and drawings I’d made when I was about the age my daughter is now. She, too, loves to make “books,” and whenever we end up in a conversation with someone about the … Continue reading
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Inspiration? Fred Flintstone, I think I owe you…
A good friend tells me she credits her Catholic upbringing for her decision to become an artist. Though Catholicism is not a part of her adult life, it loomed large in her childhood, and she was in awe of the … Continue reading
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The view from inside the photograph
My husband, daughter and I were among the many subjects who posed for Regular 8, a new series of photographs by Sara Angelucci, shown as part of Contact 2009 at Wynick/Tuck Gallery here in Toronto. What a thrill it was … Continue reading
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On memoir: "As if I were a dead man in another world…."
For a mish-mash of reasons, lately I’ve been reading Charles Darwin’s Autobiographies, which he never intended for public view, but rather for his family. It’s a slim little book, full of asides that give wonderful insight into his character — … Continue reading
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What are you afraid of?
Last night my daughter asked me, “Are grown-ups afraid of anything?” I had just finished reading an article on post traumatic stress disorder, and the story of a war-zone toddler terrified into silence was swimming in my mind. His mother … Continue reading
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Strength, tenacity, and the stranger you know
Last night we did a talk about The Occupied Garden. Our middle sister, Heidi, came along with us. A lot of people say she looks strikingly like Oma in this particular picture. Had she lived, Oma would have celebrated her … Continue reading
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