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vol. 20: autumn reads

October was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal…

Oct 1 •

September 2023

vol. 19: brahms intermezzo no. 2

“The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and…

Sep 4 •

August 2023

vol. 18: august interlude

“Like August stars, we offer temporary light.” ✨ - Maya C. Popa August is my month for taking stock. As a kid, it was the month my parents would send me…

Aug 10 •

July 2023

vol. 17, summer murmurings: libraries, homemade froyo, & yin yoga

Now, In June, When the night is a vast softness Filled with blue stars, And broken shafts of moon-glimmer Fall upon the earth, Am I too old to see the…

Jul 16 •

June 2023

vol. 16: life as a duck, ed.

“To sleep like an opera star, still singing.” - from “Summer Letters” by Lewis Meyers. Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood offers many opportunities for…

Jun 10 •

May 2023

vol. 15: self-portraits as croissants - spring 2023 ed.

It feels like too long since I wrote a books and breakfasts but my head has been positively too full of essays, contemporary music repertoire, lieder…

May 13 •

March 2023

vol. 14: schumann's take on love & divorcées™

Dear books and breakfasters, I’m writing to you from a snowy, mid-March morning in Montreal. We had a hint of spring this weekend, causing most…

Mar 14 •

January 2023

vol. 13: sharing the self, jan. 2023 ed.

A new year for books and breakfasts! Montreal is extremely snowy, which lends the city a kind of magic. Before moving here, I’d always heard how much…

Jan 21 •

December 2022

vol. 12: winter solstice ed.

They say the sun will come back at midnight after all my one love but we know how the minutes fly out into the dark trees and vanish like the great…

Dec 21, 2022 •

vol. 11: how to pay attention & nightingales/november ed ...

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” - Simone Weil Hello books and breakfasters! It’s the end of November & beginning of the holiday…

Dec 1, 2022 •

November 2022

vol. 10: nora ephron autumn/october ed.

“The whole sky is yours / to write on, blown open / to a blank page.” - Rita Dove The end of October is always a bit sad as the beautiful leaves fall…

Nov 1, 2022 •

October 2022

vol. 9: the days grow short when you reach september ed.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus While fall hasn’t officially completed its quick turn around Quebec yet…

Oct 1, 2022 •

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