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Coming to Canada 53rd Anniversary
February 4th marks the 53rd anniversary of leaving my home in São Miguel, Azores for Toronto, Canada. Fifty-three years in the life of a sixty-two-year-old means that the balance of time is weighed heavily on the side of Toronto with … Continue reading
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Living and Partly living…During the Pandemic
Photo taken at Tommy Thompson Park, looking back to the city of Toronto “Yet we have gone on living, Living and partly living,” say the chorus of Canterbury women in T. S. Elliot’s play Murder in the Cathedral. We, too, … Continue reading
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Pepito Has a Doll/Pepito Tiene Una Muñeca: Book Review
The title of this new English/Spanish bilingual children’s book written by Jesús Canchola Sanchez and illustrated by Armando Minjárez Monárrez comes unapologetically to the point: the boy in the story has a doll. There is no twist or cute dramatic … Continue reading
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A Different Christmas
We are coming to the end of 2020 and I don’t have much that I want to say about it. Instead, I am simply grateful that the Christmas Season is here, with the lights and decorations up in both public … Continue reading
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Nature’s Stained Glass Windows
The elements that have gone into the creation of these stained glass views: sunlight, sky, water; trees for framing, and a camera for capturing the moment. It’s that simple. It’s that beautiful. Photos taken on my mid-morning walk by the … Continue reading
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A Dusting of Snow
It is truly a winter wonderland after the first dusting of snow covers the Scarborough Bluffs. It didn’t last for more than a day but that’s the way winters in Toronto go.
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The First Sunrise
So many of us are fascinated with sunrises. There must be as many photographs of the rising sun as stars in the firmament. What is it about the daily recurrence of the arrival of the sun that enchants us, transports … Continue reading
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First Snowfall
We had our first November snowfall in Toronto. A record-setting 19.4 cm on Sunday. It’s time to hibernate. What a difference a few weeks makes.
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A Mid-November Walk in Birch Cliff
View of Lake Ontario from Rosetta McClain Gardens It rains today. It’s cloudy and it’s best to stay inside and enjoy the memories of an unseasonal November in Toronto. We have had glorious days of sunshine and warm weather well … Continue reading
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Book Launch: Smiling in the Darkness by Adelaide Freitas
Smiling in the Darkness was published earlier this year but, because of the pandemic, a book launch event could not happen in the physical world. Luckily, FresnoState’s Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute held a virtual book launch on November 10th, … Continue reading
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