Saturday Photo: 125 Years and Counting….
Was in Westmount Library (Quebec) last week and saw this wonderful Lego version of the library which is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Lovely place, serving readers and inspiring people for…
Mary Soderstrom
Saturday Photo: 125 Years and Counting….
Was in Westmount Library (Quebec) last week and saw this wonderful Lego version of the library which is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Lovely place, serving readers and inspiring people for…
Saturday Photo: The Kind of Thing Libraries Need More of, Not Less
At a time when libraries, archives, and, yes, even National Parks are under pressure in the US to "forget" important parts of the past that should be remembered, I was…
Saturday Photo: The Kind of Thing Libraries Need More of, Not Less
At a time when libraries, archives, and, yes, even National Parks are under pressure in the US to "forget" important parts of the past that should be remembered, I was…
Saturday Photo: Duck Pond?
Went for a walk in the Mount Royal Cemetery this morning. Signs of spring included robins singing, racoons courting, and earthworms wiggling around on the pavement. And there was this…
Saturday Photo: Duck Pond?
Went for a walk in the Mount Royal Cemetery this morning. Signs of spring included robins singing, racoons courting, and earthworms wiggling around on the pavement. And there was this…
Saturday Photo: The Rink at the End of Winter
Looks pretty sad, doesn't it ?But that's what happens when the ice finally melts. Spring (maybe) is on its way.
Saturday Photo: The Rink at the End of Winter
Looks pretty sad, doesn't it ?But that's what happens when the ice finally melts. Spring (maybe) is on its way.
Saturday Photo: Listen, the Redwing Blackbirds Are Back
No photo because my hands were too cold to get the phone out for a picture. But trust me, there were some red wing blackbirds scouts at the Lachine Rapids…
Saturday Photo: Listen, the Redwing Blackbirds Are Back
No photo because my hands were too cold to get the phone out for a picture. But trust me, there were some red wing blackbirds scouts at the Lachine Rapids…
Saturday Photo: First Sun, Or Stonehenge in Outremont
The sun in its progression around the heavens shines in our back bedroom window just about the first of March every year. It was right on schedule this year, a…
Saturday Photo: First Sun, Or Stonehenge in Outremont
The sun in its progression around the heavens shines in our back bedroom window just about the first of March every year. It was right on schedule this year, a…
Saturday Photo: The Meeting of the Planets…
I didn't take the photo and it shows only Venus, but these evenings there has been a wondrous display of planets in the sky. The other night--when it wasn't snowing…
Saturday Photo: The Meeting of the Planets…
I didn't take the photo and it shows only Venus, but these evenings there has been a wondrous display of planets in the sky. The other night--when it wasn't snowing…
Saturday Photo: On the Right Path
So 11 days after the operation, I'm walking quite well with a walker, and even made it to the corner outside since the sidewalks have finally been cleared. Spent a…
Saturday Photo: On the Right Path
So 11 days after the operation, I'm walking quite well with a walker, and even made it to the corner outside since the sidewalks have finally been cleared. Spent a…
Saturday Photo: Not a Place to Break a Leg
It was cold Saturday morning at the Parc des Rapides de Lachine, and the going was treacherous. Last time we'd been there in the winter, the paths had been cleared…
Saturday Photo: Down the Rapids toward a New Book…
Okay, the next step is taken! Friday morning I sent off the completed (but unedited) manuscript of my next book Thanks to the Memories: How Remembering Will Get Us through…
Saturday Photo: Ducks and Oil Sands This Wednesday
A heads up: the Atwater Library book group will be talking about Kate Beaton's graphic novel Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. It…
Saturday Photo: Sun Trying to get There….
Cloudy weather, a little snow, not much sunshine...That's the way the year is starting here. Could be worse, could be smokey. ..