Saturday Photo: Dry Falls and the Forces of the Earth
On our trip West in July, one of the most interesting places we stopped was at the Dry Falls State Park where the ancestral Columbia once ran. Or maybe it…
Mary Soderstrom
This Just In: Full Page, Back Cover Ad for Road through Tiime in the NYReview of Books!
It was a quiet evening yesterday until my husband shouted from upstairs that I had to take a look at the new New York Review of Books. So I scurried…
Saturday Photo: Fiat Lux at Grand Coulee Dam
Back from nearly two weeks in British Columbia and Washington State with kids and grandkids. Many excellent adventures, you can be sure… This photo was taken just as the sun…
Saturday Photo: The Western Edge of the Continent
Summer is vacation time, and I’m thinking of the trip we took to the West Coast a few years ago. This is photo taken on Vancouver Island, showing the abundance…
Saturday Photo: Fruit!
We’re not quite there yet (the photo was taken a couple of years ago) but it looks like we’ll have a bumper year for raspberries and pears–if the squirrels aren’t…
Saturday Photo: Bonne fête nationale, Happy St Jean Baptiste Day
So, I’m actually posting on Friday, not Saturday. That’s because it seems like the weekend already. Jeanne’s school was finished yesterday, so she and Elin spent the night, after a…
Saturday Photo: Another Invasive, and One Not So
The perfume of Russian olives fills the air these mornings. A bit like the scent of orange blossoms, it lingers all day. I love the trees hardiness, as well as…
Saturday Photo: The Beauty of Invasive
Maybe 20 years ago I bought a couple of columbine plants at a time when I wanted to switch to annuals in our small garden. They have thrived, and are…
Saturday Photo: Making up for Lost Time with Two Photos from the Gaspé
Just spent a great week on the Gaspé peninsula with Lee. It was part work, but mostly play and we had a wonderful time. The weather was cool and windy,…
Saturday Photo: Forget-me-nots in the Grass
I don’t believe in lawns, so the little one we have in our small backyard is strewn with many plants other than grass. Among them is mitosis or forget-me-nots which…
Saturday Photo: Green Rain after the Real Rain
The photo actually was taken a few years ago, but it looks like this outside today. The maple trees are dropping their little flowers (drupes, I think, is the proper…
Goodreads Giveaway Winners Announced!
The Goodreads Giveaway for Road through Time: The Story of Humanity on the Move ended on the weekend. Here are the winners: Kal Adler, Steven Telly and Muayad Aldarweesh. They…
Saturday Photo: Getting There….
This is the week the trees leaf out, and in spite of the rain they seem to be on schedule this year. Lovely to see the green…
Saturday Photo: Shameless Self-Promotion Department
This is what the book looked like at the launch a week ago. Since then I’ve talked about writing it at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival and am now…
Saturday Photo: Standing Room Only at the Launch Party for Road through Time
And a good time was had by all! Librairie Drawn and Quarterly was packed Thursday night when we celebrated the launch of my latest book, Road through Time: The Story…
Official Launch Tonight!
Just a reminder to my friends who haven’t already heard: we’re having the launch party for Road through Time: The Story of Humanity on the Move tonight from 7-9 p.m.…
Saturday Photo: First Walk in the Cemetery in a Long While
Beautiful day today. Almost certain that it will eventually be spring! This morning I took a walk in the Mount Royal Cemetery for the first time since the fall–in the…
Saturday Photo: The Port of Montreal, Ice-free in April
It used to be that just about now the first ocean-going ships would make it up the St. Lawrence to Montreal. Before then travel on the river would be dangerous…
Saturday Photo(s):Me and Me and Me
A friend sent me one of those silly tag things this week: you’re supposed to post a photo of when you were younger on your Facebook page, and then challenge…
Saturday Photo: Last Snow? Good Thing Easter’s Late
Surprise! A little snow on Friday that stuck to all the trees most beautifully. It’s gone now, and the sun is high in the sky, so perhaps we really are…