Category Archives: Currently reading

I’m getting to within 10 books of where I’m currently reading now. 149. Old Winter by Anne Le Dressay (Chaudiere, 2007) Le Dressay has been a poet I’ve followed for nearly 2 decades, watching for specks. I like her cadence, her worldview, her development of ideas. A reread. Funny how the poems I previously marked, […]

I have long said “I don’t do novels”. A friend asked why. I think it is an unquestioned rule, vestigial prejudice from fundamentalist Christianity days when anything but the Bible is a lie. Even nature can be planted with red herrings. Partly I held fast to resenting the idea of willingly submitting to being manipulated […]

I’ve been on a farm-kick, reading rural voices, some Canadian, American, British, about sheep and goat and horses. In the end, because I read things in parallel, the themed stack drifted across lists. 132. The Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen (Magna Large Print Books, 2014) Found while browsing the library catalogue. Found out after that […]

And here’s where I throw a sort of pop quiz on myself. And I’ve managed to let months slip in. Ah, me. Now 40-odd books later, what can I say to pick up where I left off? 126. On being a dodo by Michael Dennis (burnt wine press, 2009) Bought at a house reading. It […]

I’ve been poking away at various local histories. Finished a couple. It’s good to clean the palate with straight-up language. Poetry can try to be difficult and claim the art is the being difficult. It’s touching earth to have people talk about events and people instead of ideas. I say I don’t read novels and […]