waddle ice bird stories continued
157. "Presbyterian Crosswalk" - Barbara Gowdy
Ms. Gowdy is probably best known for her novel White Bone about elephants. It is a hard read in many ways but very worth the pain of the story. This story is quite entertaining and full of life and well a little dose of death.
158. "Where is the Voice Coming From"- Rudy Wiebe
It is of history told and retold but never really told in full. The voice will not be silenced.
159. "Gypsy Art"- Leon Rooke
This was just weird. The things that one does when the mind just goes.
160. "The Baby in the Airmail Box"- Thomas King
Laughed like crazy. Which is generally how it goes with the writing of King. I read a short story many years ago about a motel that he wrote and the swimming pool was a central location of the story.
161. "Joe in the Afterlife"- Annabel Lyon
Not sure how to take this one.
162. " The Man Doll"- Susan Swan
Whacked out funny. Not sure if it was suppose to be but I laughed at it.
163 "L'Envoi. The Train to Mariposa"- Stephen Leacock
Leacock was the humourist of a past generation but I don't think this piece held much humour. I could be wrong.
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These last two for this entry begin the 5th and final section of the anthology. At first I wasn't that keen on reading them. But so far so good.
164. "My Grandfather's House"- Charles Ritchie
The writer of course is no relation to the new ex-husband of Madonna. This is a story of hardship and snobbery and life lessons.
165. "The Painted Door"- Sinclair Ross
This was heartbreaking and full of winter prairie anguish and guilt. Rather timely with the unseasonable dump of white flakes we have here currently.
Ms. Gowdy is probably best known for her novel White Bone about elephants. It is a hard read in many ways but very worth the pain of the story. This story is quite entertaining and full of life and well a little dose of death.
158. "Where is the Voice Coming From"- Rudy Wiebe
It is of history told and retold but never really told in full. The voice will not be silenced.
159. "Gypsy Art"- Leon Rooke
This was just weird. The things that one does when the mind just goes.
160. "The Baby in the Airmail Box"- Thomas King
Laughed like crazy. Which is generally how it goes with the writing of King. I read a short story many years ago about a motel that he wrote and the swimming pool was a central location of the story.
161. "Joe in the Afterlife"- Annabel Lyon
Not sure how to take this one.
162. " The Man Doll"- Susan Swan
Whacked out funny. Not sure if it was suppose to be but I laughed at it.
163 "L'Envoi. The Train to Mariposa"- Stephen Leacock
Leacock was the humourist of a past generation but I don't think this piece held much humour. I could be wrong.
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These last two for this entry begin the 5th and final section of the anthology. At first I wasn't that keen on reading them. But so far so good.
164. "My Grandfather's House"- Charles Ritchie
The writer of course is no relation to the new ex-husband of Madonna. This is a story of hardship and snobbery and life lessons.
165. "The Painted Door"- Sinclair Ross
This was heartbreaking and full of winter prairie anguish and guilt. Rather timely with the unseasonable dump of white flakes we have here currently.