THE INSTALLMENT PLAN– Verse for Passover and Easter
April may be cruel. It certainly seems so here in Toronto where we are still seeing gusts of snow in mid-April. But this week, many around the world are celebrating the great religious festivals of Passover or Easter. And April is Poetry Month. For some years now, I have subscribed to […]
THE INSTALLMENT PLAN – Twice Shy, by Seamus Heaney
Twice Shy by Seamus Heaney Her scarf a la Bardot, In suede flats for the walk, She came with me one evening For air and friendly talk. We crossed the quiet river, Took the embankment walk. Traffic holding its breath, Sky a tense diaphragm: Dusk hung like a backcloth That […]
THE INSTALLMENT PLAN My favourite Christmas story – ever.
Whatever your tradition at this time of year, I promise you will be warmed by this classic story. Truman Capote’s childhood memoir is narrated by Capote himself. This Emmy award-winning television version of “A Christmas Memory” is a faithful recreation of his wonderful short story (first published in Mademoiselle in […]