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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Tiny kernels of narrative
Years ago I belonged to a small writing group, and the leader of our group, a woman called Gwen Reidman, advised us to read obituaries because they carry, like genes packed tight in their separate chromosomes, tiny kernels of narrative. … Continue reading
Posted in art, death, obituaries, writer
Tagged Carol Shields, death, obituary, women
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Exercise and obits
I am wet. Wet through, as my mother would put it. Slicked down by the rain with tufts of hair poking up through my bicycle helmet like a forest of pine trees. I see it reflected in the glass at this coffee … Continue reading
Posted in bicycle, obituaries, obituary
Tagged bicycling, coffeeshops, death, feminism, obituary, Toronto
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