Love and Death in the Time of COVID
How COVID affected my step-father’s death, and the “third great love” of his life.
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Obituary: Little Bear 1990-2007
Obituary for a special cat. (Yes, all cats are special.)
Continue reading →Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day. And I remember you. Who you were. Solid, real, my Dad. Frail, in the end, a wasting body that needed help to keep moving, until a blood clot liberated you and took you home in joy. Joy. You … Continue reading →
Love Grows Here
From the first bloom of the showiest flower Come the seeds for all varieties and colours of love. The big blooms of the sunniest days Which, like day-lilies, litter the ground tomorrow; Those that cling to the earth through the … Continue reading →
A Love Story
Submitted to the Vicki Gabereau show on CBC Radio in competition for a book. They wanted a love story. I won the book. My family’s love story of the year concerns my Great Aunt Esther. At 75, she’d been through … Continue reading →