All posts tagged “literature

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Impulse Control

Living in a small town, one thing I don’t have to worry about very often is impulse buying, especially when it comes to books. That’s because there are few books to be had—except used books, which aren’t my cup of tea, or supermarket and gas… Read More

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Getting Unstuck

A while back, when writing about writer’s block, I smugly said: “I honestly can’t remember ever having it.” I should have known that would come back to bite me. Because after Christmas, I came to a period of blank “uh…what do I do now?” Unfortunately,… Read More

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Enough

While making dinner on Sunday, I caught the tail end of the show Tapestry on CBC radio. In it, illustrator Maira Kalman was speaking about having “enough.” Not angrily, as in: “I’ve had enough.” But calmly, as in: “I have enough.” Not the ache of… Read More