March

“The beginning is always today.”
~ Mary Shelley (b. 30 August 1797 – d. 1 February 1851)

February

“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did.

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbour. Cast the wind in your sail.

Explore. Dream. Discover.”

~Mark Twain (b. November 30, 1835 – d. April 21, 1910)

“Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come / Whispering ‘it will be happier’…” ~from “Robin Hood and Maid Marion”

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (b. 6 August 1809 – d. 6 October 1892)

“Without a function, we cease to be.
So, I will write till I die.”

~ Farley Mowat (b. May 12, 1921 – d. May 6, 2014)

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”

~ John Burroughs (b. April 3, 1837 – d. March 29, 1921)

“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them.

Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”

~ Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

Alice Munro (b. 10 July 1931 – d. 13 May 2024)

Just as we were coming to terms with Rex Murphy’s passing,

another great Canadian has departed.

Rest in peace, Alice Munro.