Put up a poem by Emily Henrietta Hickey which I've always liked.
Blogged about Eric Ambler's The Levanter, a spy novel. Pretty good, but not one of his best.
The rest of the reading week:
I'd known of it for a while, but read it now because Alexandra Oliver's volume of poetry Hail, The Invisible Watchman has a sonnet sequence based on the novel.
Where I am
Our winter's been pretty mild, but then this happened Friday night. I hope the cedar in our front yard recovers--it was bent over nearly to the ground. It was so bad they closed all the libraries in town. (Noooo! 😉) Fortunately they'll be open again tomorrow...
How was your week?
I have a maple tree in my back yard that really suffered a few years ago after a snow/ice event. I thought the tree was a goner for sure. Instead the tree rebounded and has flourished. I hope your tree makes it through as successfully.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope that's a good omen. ;-)
DeleteThank you for sharing Hetty Dorval with us. I am always drawn to stories about women and the struggles women have in the past and now.
ReplyDeleteAnd, oh, the snow. Beautiful but cold. Yesterday it was near-paradise here, with bright sun, a cool breeze, high-70s temps.
It wasn't that cold (at least for us) which is why it was so hard on the tree.
DeleteHetty Dorval isn't unknown up here--that copy is in the New Canadian Library, a collection of Canadian classics, but it should be better known.
My yard looks a lot like yours...lots of snow! And we need it so much, but boy am I getting tired of it. I'm really ready for spring to start.
ReplyDeleteAll our snow has been coming so late this year. I'm worried now we'll have snow storms in June!
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