Tag Archives: Canada

Diary as a Looking Glass

Posted on May 26, 2018 by

  The diary is a looking glass. At first it reflects the diarist. But it ends by revealing the reader Stefan Kanfer, in Introduction to Penguin Book of Diaries. Selected by Ronald Blythe * * * * * * * … Continue reading →

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Welcome Committee

Posted on April 25, 2018 by

In previous years, we welcomed the family members from other countries and I told my sons to form a “Welcome committee” and try to arrange gifts, plan out places to visit, and get a sense of the extended family in … Continue reading →

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Out of your skin

Posted on March 3, 2018 by

What are we supposed to get out of this (story, poem, play)? While the formal reading group meets once a month, I read and discussed the same pieces of literature in different locations informally. In the previous book club discussion-(February-2018) … Continue reading →

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Around Family Day-2018

Posted on February 25, 2018 by

A  home library consists of unique books- with related notes- and picture library, and journals-diaries which provide a great resource to gaining and building perspectives. As it becomes a bit warmer, I did my first walk and reading of Riverwood- … Continue reading →

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Our trees still grow in Palam

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

When they first came to Malta in 2010, their grandmother had told me in  a sad voice-

“Give them so much love that they do not miss me.”

It was a tall order, which no one can fulfill, but even if one falls short, it is a good goal to try and measure oneself to. Continue reading →

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Here’s to our High School Days-Year End Diary-2017

Posted on December 30, 2017 by

Where-ever one goes, one finds some aspects of the local community which are interesting and worth learning from and imbibing. Continue reading →

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Outside the Frame-Notes from my Reading journal-2017

Posted on December 26, 2017 by

“It’s – just – light a little candle” Nurse-Una Brownly- a nurse from Livingstonia Mission, Malawi In Paul Theroux’s –Dark Star Safari- Overland from Cairo to Cape Town-page 311 “Many an object is not seen, though it falls within the … Continue reading →

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