Continue Reading Vieux et Nouveau My time to explore Montreal proper was limited. I walked during the lunch hours of the conference, and in the early evenings…
Continue Reading Rouge et Jaune Talk about a color-coordinated city: Montreal, Quebec has a distinct preference for red and yellow. Or so it seemed to my eye…
Continue Reading Strength and Flexibility In case you think I’m going to report on my exercise class and its goal of providing me with attributes I thoroughly…
Continue Reading Exquisite Gorge 4: The Bee Maven “The bees build in the crevicesOf loosening masonry, and thereThe mother birds bring grubs and flies.My wall is loosening; honey-bees,Come build in…
Continue Reading Undeterred Today I would first like to draw your attention to a film Undeterred that documents the community resistance in the small border…
Continue Reading Early/Late/Early Yesterday I was early for a meeting with a friend. Decided to walk around the block when a building caught my eye…
Continue Reading At Knife’s Edge You may choose today between a poem by a man who prefers to be a mystery and a man whose wife descended…
Continue Reading Fine Dining Today’s blog serves as a Thank You note to a dear friend who invited us to a splendid dinner on Saturday. I…
Continue Reading Exquisite Gorge 3: The Listener How does an artist decide which questions to raise and which, if any, answers to provide? How does an educator reach their…
Continue Reading My homeland Today you get a simple (could not echo the rhyming) translation of a poem that appeared in a German newspaper yesterday. Written…
