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Rosetta McClain Gardens by Lake Ontario on a very foggy and humid August morning:

Lake Ontario, view from Warden Beach I am drawn to water, which most people find normal given that I grew up a few kilometers in-land from the Atlantic Ocean. But the truth is that I did not even learn how … Continue reading →

Many years ago, when I was trying to understand my Azorean identity, I came upon Adelaide Freitas. I had walked into Livraria Gil, an old bookstore in Ponta Delgada, like a detective following a lead, searching for books that could … Continue reading →

Há muitos anos, quando procurava a minha identidade açoriana, descobri Adelaide Freitas. Tinha entrado no Gil, aquela livraria antiga de Ponta Delgada, como se fosse um detective a perseguir uma pista, à procura de livros que me pudessem ajudar a … Continue reading →

  “To everything there is a season,  A time for every purpose under heaven:” Ecclesiastes 3: 1 NKJV And so, the time has come to let go of a significant part of my life – one that has given me purpose, identity, fulfillment, … Continue reading →

Sem palavras…

The first month of spring was not spring at all; winter stubbornly refused to leave and became the unwelcomed guest who stays too long at the party. We have endured the weather politely and patiently, as Torontonians are prone to … Continue reading →

       Provincetown, USA The Azorean writer Álamo Oliveira, from the island of Terceira, wrote the seminal novel, Já não gosto de Chocolates, published in 1999, out of print for a while, but now back to the reading public with … Continue reading →

House in Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA My parents brought me to Canada when I was nine, and I have lived in Toronto ever since. But those first nine years of my life in São Miguel, in Portugal’s Azores islands, remain a … Continue reading →

 Old Vic building, Victoria University, Toronto The snow came back yesterday to remind us that winter in Toronto is not yet over. I could not resist but take the time to walk around the campus where I work and capture … Continue reading →