Here’s the wonderful obituary by Mireille Eagan, published in The Globe and Mail:
PAINTER CAPTURED THE RUGGED NATURE OF HIS BELOVED NEWFOUNDLAND
Driving to Venus: A Long and Winding Road
(Images: After the Cold War, Driving to Venus – A Long and Winding Road, courtesy Emma Butler Gallery)
It opens, like much great performance, with a wedding. “They’re really in love!” Opera on the Avalon’s adaptation of Lisa Moore’s acclaimed and adored novel February had a star-studded world…
I have not finished sorting the recipes. There are literally thousands of them. As her memory became less sharp she no longer picked out good recipes with a discerning eye. Instead, she indiscriminately saved every recipe she came across. It was as if by losing herself in that old familiar action, she could somehow be back in the day when she would actually use them.
What book(s) and author(s) are you reading right now and why? How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa. When I discovered her poetry, it was love at first read. I…