I’ll be at this year’s Niagara-on-the-Lake Book Expo: June 7, 11 am to 4 pm. Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake L0S 1J0 Many, many authors will display their books in the spacious Community Centre. With lots of free parking and tons of literature to browse, you’ll find plenty to please you! And make..
Part way through [their] first summer, [Granny] had found herself out rowing on her own. She was a few dozen yards from shore when her oars became tangled in a mat of water lilies. One of Evariste Leduc’s children called over to her. ‘Lady, are you in trouble?’ My grandmother had immediately thrown up her..
I turned my collar up and sat tight. This was the ideal location. So late in the fall, the marshes no longer had their customary appeal for wildlife. Puddle ducks like mallards, blacks, and teal had nearly all departed. The remaining waterfowl were… deeper-water birds. Especially the redheads and bluebills gathered in teeming offshore rafts…
Almost immediately nocturnal insects began approaching without fear. Fireflies were the first to emerge. Not long afterwards, broad-winged moths glided by. They were hard to make out in the shadows, but Granny pulled me towards her to whisper the pleasure they brought. “My father knew every kind where we used to live.” I could tell..
A RICHLY TEXTURED NOVEL OF MEMORY, CHANGE, AND THE PULL OF A CHERISHED PAST (BrightKey PR) R. C. Highcroft invites readers into a deeply reflective and nostalgic journey through the memories of Rob Kingsmere, whose recollections of a long-lost cottage on Georgian Bay unfold into a vivid portrait of youth, family, and transformation. Set against..
I sat down against a tree trunk. The scent of late clover wafted towards me… It was an otherworldly spot. My eyes began to close. Then suddenly, “What are you doing here?” I glanced around but saw no one, “What do you want?” A girl who looked a year or so older than me stood..
Violette’s eldest son Maurice, no older than Hank, was already becoming the man of their summer family. He saw to it that his mother’s directions for watering or weeding were not neglected. And if a squabble broke out, he was instantly there. At the same time, Josée, his twin sister, had her own gift for..
Welland’s ‘Local Authors and Poets Day’ will take place on April 18 – from 10:30 am to 2 pm – at the main Branch of the Welland Public Library (50 The Boardwalk, Welland ON L3B 6J1). Parking available adjacent to the library, and more free parking in the Market Square lot. By all means come..
One morning I overheard Mr. Dalton regaling Grandpa with tales of gill-netting wintertime herrings. He and his friends had engaged in the trade during the early 1900s. They used to cut through the ice and suspend nets where fish were known to school. The following day, they would come back to haul up their catch…
That evening, I looked out of my bedroom window before going to sleep. The storm had lifted. Bright stars shimmered around the moon. A distant memory or perhaps a dream glided into focus. In it my mother and I were seated on the cottage steps. As we scanned the nighttime sky, she seemed to speak..
“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..
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,..