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.
Alice Munro
Writing
Rex Murphy
A Canadian treasure! He was one of the greats and he will be missed.
I didn’t always agree with him, but I always looked forward to his columns.
Rest in peace.
Rex Murphy (b. March 1947 – d. May 9, 2024)
May
“She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them.
Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.”
~ Michael Ondaatje (b. 12 September 1943), The English Patient
April
“A gush of bird-song, a patter of dew,
A cloud, and a rainbow’s warning,
Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue—An April day in the morning.”
~ Harriet Prescott Spofford, (b. April 3, 1835 – d. August 14, 1921)
March
“There are two ways of spreading light;
to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
~Edith Wharton (b. January 24, 1862 – d. August 11, 1937)
February
“The complexity of things—the things within things—just seems to be endless.
I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.”
~ Alice Munro (b. July 10th 1931)
Happy New Year!
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”
~ T.S. Eliot (b. 26 September 1888 – d. 4 January 1965)
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