Read the Change (You Want to See in the World), Recommendations

2023-01-16T17:41:40-05:00

Even if you’re not often reading about the climate crisis, I’ve got one for you: Jane Goodall’s The Book of Hope (2021). It not only includes many reasons to remain hopeful—Amazing Human Intellect, Resilience of Nature, Power of Young People, and the Indomitable Human Spirit—but truly inspires readers. Its

Read the Change (You Want to See in the World), Recommendations2023-01-16T17:41:40-05:00

Summer 2022: Borrowed #LoveYourLibrary

2022-08-29T13:09:26-04:00

When regularly relying on the library in Toronto, with dozens of bookmarks holding my place in borrowed stacks, the idea of writing about my library usage seemed impossible. Now living a few hours north, where funding for libraries is limited, my visitor’s card gets relatively little use. In the

Summer 2022: Borrowed #LoveYourLibrary2022-08-29T13:09:26-04:00

Alistair MacLeod’s Vision (1986)

2022-07-06T15:33:41-04:00

Those of you who are reading here now, but not reading Alistair MacLeod’s short stories, will probably only be interested in the first couple of paragraphs after this introduction. Feel free to skip past the section that I've titled The Underneath, written with those who know the story-or other

Alistair MacLeod’s Vision (1986)2022-07-06T15:33:41-04:00

Alistair MacLeod’s “Winter Dog” (1981)

2022-03-15T10:57:59-04:00

Naomi warned me this weekend: I knew immediately which one it was, the one with the dog’s body, broken and dragging itself home after it’s been shot. Since then, I’ve been thinking about how to write about this story without reading it again. And, so, I have started with

Alistair MacLeod’s “Winter Dog” (1981)2022-03-15T10:57:59-04:00

Earth Changes, Habit Changes (4 of 4)

2021-12-27T10:00:40-05:00

The more that I read now about the climate emergency, the more references I find within my other reading. Here, in Deirdre McNamer’s Aviary (2021), an unexpectedly lyrical rumination: “She prayed for the groaning, hectically gorgeous, steaming world, which seemed, more and more often, to lurch and shudder on

Earth Changes, Habit Changes (4 of 4)2021-12-27T10:00:40-05:00
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