“I have to write”: Emily Climbs
In L.M. Montgomery’s Emily Climbs (1925), one of the novels Emily Starr reads is The Children of the Abbey (1796), …
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“I am important to myself”: Emily of New Moon
“I am important to myself,” says Emily Byrd Starr when she’s told by her late father’s housekeeper that she ought …
Rereading L.M. Montgomery’s “Emily” Novels
I’m planning to reread L.M. Montgomery’s “Emily” novels this year, along with Naomi of Consumed by Ink and other bloggers. …
On Not Skipping from September to November
Inspired by Christy Ann Conlin’s guest post on “The Sweet Exhilaration of Solitude,” I spent some time in the Halifax …
Spring in Rainbow Valley
I spent last weekend in Prince Edward Island and one of the books I read was L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valley, …
L.M. Montgomery and the Halifax Public Gardens
“She’ll feel awful bad if her flowers get frosted, especially them dahlias. Octavia sets such store by her dahlias.” In …
October at Ingleside
“It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it?” I, too, am “glad I live …
“Do not imagine, Miss Bennet, that your ambition will ever be gratified”
Lady Catherine insists to Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice that she must not think she will ever improve her …
Anne’s House of Dreams and the “great Canadian novel”
“Young Dr. Blythe” is a very busy man and he’s often away from the little white house he and Anne …
Running in Halifax
I love thinking about the history of Halifax when I’m running. Long runs give me a chance to explore my …
