“I had finally learned to cast my red and green bobber an impressive distance. Fishing from shore would be almost as pleasing as going by boat. I kept at it until … three good-sized perch and a brace of bluegills were on my stringer. [Then] I fell in beside Granny as she picked her way..
Month: March 2026
Because the date of the Nowruz festival follows the traditional Persian calendar, it ‘moves around’ a little in Western terms. This year it falls on March 20. Nowruz marks the Spring Equinox – the first day of the annual Spring-Summer-Autumn-Winter cycle. This graphic shows the Nowruz table. Along with a small fish in a bowl,..
Natalie Perez recently posted the attached review of Providence Point on Instagram. In fact, I suspect I’m like you: books have always been part of my life. I hope some of the ones that influenced me glimmer in the background of Providence Point. As you read, you may well recognize echoes of works like John..
On Mr. Dalton’s vast and fascinating workbench lay a clutter of miscellaneous hardware ranging from bolts to housings, to gaskets, to outlandish mechanisms from the innards of unrecognizable engines. Here and there, a sprinkling of parts might be grouped as if on the verge of leaping back together. Yet never quite. Still, their arrangement obeyed..
Tarun Mehta recently posted this review on Instagram: Providence Point is a reflective novel shaped by memory and longing. Through Rob Kingsmere’s recollections of Providence Point, a cottage on Georgian Bay, the narrative returns to the 1950s and 1960s and to summers filled with warmth, freedom, and companionship. At first, the setting feels almost idyllic,..