romping

Gimbling in the Wabe – Curling Up With a Good Book, Redoux

This is a reworking of a Gimbling in the Wabe I wrote in back in 2013, but it felt especially relevant today as the temperature here took a nose dive. The Mighty Belle and I still made it out to the Lake of the Isles, though! I hope you’ll allow me a bit of indulgence [….]

Gimbling in the Wabe – Karma in the Snow

The Mighty Belle and I got busted the other day. My fault. I know that letting your dog run free in a city park risks a $140 fine, which is why I take Belle to the licensed off-leash park every weekday. But this was the weekend, and we needed a break from the routine. Plus, [….]

Birthdays

On this day, July 10, in 1931, Alice Munro was born in Wingham, Ontario, Canada. The undisputed Queen of the Contemporary Short Story, she received a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013, a Man Booker International Prize in 2009, a National Book Critics Circle Award (1998) and three O.Henry Awards, among many other honors and accolades. She published her first story as a teenager, and her first collection (highly acclaimed and honored) came less than 20 years later. Hallmarks of her writing include being set in Huron County, Ontario, a nameless narrator who makes sense of the world, a free-flowing timeline, and simple, uncomplicated prose. Today she turns 89.

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