Mary Soderstrom
Signing Off for a While!
Lee’s holding down the fort, the freezer is full of suppers, tomorrow I’ll water the plants, and then I’m off. I’ll be back in about two weeks with pictures of…
Count Down to Take Off:
Because I’m heading South on Friday, here’s a little preview:
Another Launch Party!
So tonight it’s out to Pointe Claire on Montreal’s West Island to celebrate Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography. Should be fun!
The Lesson for Today: Give Peace a Chance
Yes, I know that we are not to forget the Great War and the other ones because we don’t want to repeat earlier mistakes. That at least is the official…
Saturday Photo: At the Launch..
My friend Jack Ruttan took this at the launch of Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography last Wednesday. It was a good party! We’ll have another good time on…
Another Index of Climate Change: No Snow by Nov. 8
In the 45 years I’ve lived in Montreal, there has always been snow before Nov. 8 and the leaves have been swept from the trees. Not so this year, which…
Good Bad News: Desire LInes Is Sold Out at First Launch
Sold out! Every single copy of Desire Lines went out the door last night at the Montreal launch in Librairie Drawn and Quaterly. Thanks to all the friends who came…
Tonight’s the Night: Desire Lines Launch in Montreal
Be there or be square! Drawn and Quarterly Bookstore, 7 p.m. 211 Bernard West, Montreal
The World of BD, or How Cartoons Go Serious
This morning Le Devoir has turned over the entire paper to cartoonists. The occasion is the opening of a new show of graphic illustration at the Musée des Beaux arts…
Stories of Love and Geography: One about Linnaeus
Another one of the photos behind Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Desire. This is Sara Elisabeth Morea at the time that she married Carl Linnaeus. Not such a pretty…
Saturday Photo: What’s Behind a Story
Ordinarily I use only pictures that I’ve taken for this feature, but today I’m pirating (well not really, they’re bot WikiCommons pix) two photos taken by other people as the…
First Copies of Desire Lines Arrive!
And there is singing and dancing chez les Soderstrom! Lee, who hadn’t seen the cover, says, somewhat hopefully, that maybe it will be considered pornographic and will sell well. I…
Looking for a Scary Story: Check This Out
Just in case you’re looking for a little light literature, here’s a link to a story I revised and read last night at the Drawn and Quaterly Haunted Bookstore event:…
New from the Harper Pizza Shop
Maclean’s blogger Aaron Wherry quotes from Hansard today. He says that Stephen Harper’s Parliamentary Secretary Paul Calandra likened the Senate expense scandal to stealing from a pizza shop till, but…
A Little Pause While We Played with Jeanne and Thomas
Elin and Emmanuel were in Winnipeg over the weekend, taking part in the activities commemorating the 275th anniversary of Fort Rouge and the French presence in Manitoba. This meant that…
Snow in the Air? Finally It’s Getting Cold
This morning we turned the furnace on and when I went out walking it was shiveringly cold. I think that fall is finally upon us, and winter is not far…
Getting in Right in Municipal (and Other Politics): Bill de Blasio in New York City
Corruption, integrity, and transport are all being mentioned a lot as the Montreal municipal election winds toward its close, Nov. 3. But I’d like to hear a lot more talk…
The Sorry Result of 400 Years of Colonialism
The UN Reporter who just investigated living conditions in Canada’s Native communities found some pretty sorry stuff. Makes me very sad to read about the lack of sanitation and clean…
Saturday Photo: Repeat Performance
I’ve posted this photo before, but here it is again, because I like and because today is exactly like this.