Personal Papers
I’m writing this issue with my sparkling new Lamy fountain pen!..I had the magical idea that somehow the pen would make my writing more legible, perhaps perfected, in the use of this beautiful writing tool. I see now that the effect is, in fact, the opposite. As the ink flows ou…
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I took this photo of the pagoda reflected in the pool at Sun Yat Sen Park in downtown Vancouver yesterday on my normal dog walk. It’s a place I go to a…
Carol Sill
Feb 9
On Sunday morning I try to bring this newsletter hot and fresh out of the oven for you. I start writing and then in the afternoon take another look bef…
Carol Sill
Feb 3
Generations of historians work and rework old texts, re-contexting to continually make history contemporary. When the revelation and emergence of previ…
Carol Sill
Jan 27
Walking today in Jericho Park, the path was easier than I thought it would be. The rain has melted most of the week’s snow, but I was there bundled up …
Carol Sill
Jan 19
As the Wolf Moon wanes, I’m sensing a new shape of things, and my place in it. Like the visions of sugarplums dancing in the heads of sleeping children…
Carol Sill
Jan 12
The new year rolled in with a global bang and shudder as we further face the realities of the climate crisis, the war-action of the US president, addin…
Carol Sill
Jan 6
The year 2020 peeks over the horizon and gets a few glimpses of the daunting task ahead. Meanwhile Best of…Worst of… lists are everywhere, gathering bo…
Carol Sill
Dec 30, 2019
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