Contemporary Romance Review: Jennifer Hayward’s THE DAVIS DEAL I miss unabashed romance, without the genre-blurring we often read in the genre today. (And because I dislike romantasy, I read so much less of it.) That's why it was a pleasure to welcome some "unabashed romance" with Jennifer…

Montreal’s morning sky. We have a light snow coming down.

Meanwhile in Canada. We talk about fixing piers. We’re by no means perfect, but it sure is kinda normal. And then there’s Quebec…

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Meanwhile in other reading…Margaret Atwood’s BOOK OF LIVES and Rose Macaulay’s THE TOWERS OF TREBIZOND When I wake up in the wee hours (the plight of the chronic insomniac), I don't want to turn the light on and read on my e-reader; hence, why I do romance reading during sleeping hours and any…

Contemporary Romance Review: Jodi McAlister’s AN ACADEMIC AFFAIR (Literary Lovers #1) As someone who endured a soul-destroying grad school experience and its subsequent cut-throat world of snagging work in your field, one that sees more of annihilation than growth, I've read too many romances with…

Yup. It me, clearing snow since 5am. But I’m safe and warm and grateful to the those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Memory eternal. #RemembranceDay 🇨🇦

Montreal’s post-storm sky is a beauty.

I smacked the season’s last fly & pulled out the snow shovel for tomorrow’s snow. Today, more leaves to rake. Three seasons in 48 hours. Welcome to Montreal.

Do not know what muse led me to Libby as Margaret Atwood’s memoir was posted, but I was 1st in queue. It’s magnificent: with Atwood’s sharp eye & tongue &, lovely!, an affectionate humour as she tells the story of her ancestors & especially, parents. It’s 26 hours long & I don’t want it to end.

Montreal’s morning sky

Montreal’s late afternoon sky. This time tomorrow will be dark.

There are bizarre grocery shortages. Last week, cottage cheese; this week, button mushrooms. What’s up with that?

This. 👇🏼

Montreal’s morning sky

Montreal’s morning sky

Montreal’s morning sky

www.onf.ca/film/mon_onc... @roq11.bsky.social

Montreal’s morning sky

This.

As the day moves on, I go from coffee to London fog and eventually to tisane. I can use the frother for London fogs!

Go ahead and judge me, but local brie and two slices of 🍓-rhubarb 🥧 can be lunch.

I’m okay with chicken à la king and I’m a vegetarian. The other kind, go my American friends.

I’m glad they caught the irony. We have a king; we don’t want’im, but at least he’s nicely neutralized and rarely shows up to experience our thin, desultory greetings. www.democratsabroad.org/davehs/montr...

I have a bazillion leaves to rake and a stack of essays to grade, but I also have this. @sonomalass.bsky.social #smallpleasures

It is always such a deep learning experience to listen to Philippe Sands open.spotify.com/episode/74LB...

My latest review: Herron’s debut is solid, conventional, but no Slow Horses missbatesreadsromance.com/2025/10/04/a...

Montreal’s morning sky

I’m approaching rage. YES, MIZZLE IS A WORD. Spelling 🐝 is dumb.

“Bole” is a word, spelling bee!!!!

Post you from a different era. I used to be so well sexy. Pre-hag days. 🇨🇦 Day 2017

Giorgio Morandi

Lane-y, yes!!

Also reading Sarah Stewart Taylor’s second Bethany Vermont mystery & it’s not capturing me the way the first one did. A credible mystery, still conventional, but Taylor is a slow start writer. So, I’m still with her. Wait and see kind of reading experience.

I’m reading my first-ish Simenon, in French (last time I read him was hs senior French class, le chien jaune) and I finally get it.

Montreal’s Thanksgiving morning sky

Hey all, happy Thanksgiving! From Canada, 🇨🇦 🍁 joyeuse action de grâce!

Dinner. So happy to finally be vegetarian. Thank you, Jane Goodall, memory eternal.

I have eaten the chocolate-and-halvah babka. The whole thing. I have regrets.

Meh, sadly, to Heath’s latest: missbatesreadsromance.com/2025/10/02/r...

I have cleaned the kitchen & done the crossword. Now it’s the Sunday time when teachers must lesson plan. I’ve been teaching for 35 years & if you don’t still lesson plan, you’re in the wrong profession. Keep it fresh, plan for the students you’ll see tomorrow, not the ones you taught 20 years ago.

Dammit, I don’t care it’s 27C, I’m eating this amazing butternut squash soup I made, gleaming forehead or not.

Is there a floss plot? I barely get going with a little package of nightly dental care and it’s done, over, zip, and I have to return to my frightening toiletries closet to get another.

Montreal’s morning sky.

Montreal’s morning sky for Tonda. @sonomalass.bsky.social

I’m about to braise Brussels sprouts. Given last time I attempted this I boiled them, this could end badly.

Sunday morning breakfast

Well, it’s happened. The heating came on this morning. #Canadianautumn

Montreal’s early evening sky

Montreal’s evening sky