Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve. Carol Shields Republic of Love

Alice Munro “Half a Grapefruit”

In “Health and Guidance” class, the teacher goes up and down the rows, asking what the students had for breakfast.

On the surface of it, she is checking to see if they are keeping to Canada’s Food Rules, making solid nutritional choices.

In fact, this is one more way in which to articulate and reinforce [...]