@dreid63

Nice!

There were primrose for sale at my local vegetable market yesterday. You are six weeks ahead of us here in frigid Toronto where it's -14C with the wind chill.

A bunch of pale yellow primroses and their green leaves against a background of dried leaves, twigs and rotted bark at the bottom of my London garden.

I’m usually away at this time of year, invariably missing the moment when the primroses start blooming at the bottom of the garden. It is difficult to think of a plant that carries the hope and freshness of spring the way a primrose does. Worth staying home for.

I'm out with friends a couple of times this week. To socialize in person is the right assignment for the times.

Open heart

Winning

Why Attack Iran? Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-attack...

Two photos overlapping. The bottom image is a black and white image of a TinTin book, Le Secret La Licorne. Layered over is a colour photo looking out the window of Le Baratin restaurant on to a sunny Dundas West street, with two small French flags on a table.

Le Baratin

YouTube video by Stories from the cascina The story of the missing lintel #119

Rhubarb and spinach.

*tears*

We are so fortunate the she reminds us of what is possible when you keep your heart open and look for all the ways to do good in the world. ❤️

A metal plaque with raised lettering spelling out the phrase, "In a dream you saw a way to survive and your were full of joy."

Jenny Holzer, Untitled ("In a Dream..."), from The Survival Series, 1983–85

Too bad. The CBC Gem website might be helpful.

I attached the link.

Thank you, Blair.

YouTube video by CBC Docs Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind | Documentary

Did you watch this CBC documentary? I teared up a couple of times.

I guess.

Thank you, Emily. I can still hear the sound of her purse snapping closed.

Gorgeous. And someone swimming. Yikes!

A polaroid photo of a smiling, happy woman (my mom) taken from above. She has brunette hair, big, square glasses and is wearing a white top.

The grocery list, organized by categories, and according to the store layout, grew as she worked. The menus were stuck to a bulletin board in the kitchen, and the list, with a pen clipped to it, was snapped into her purse.

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What a gem.

Two photos overlapping. The backgound a piece of abstract black and whit graffiti with a textured, translucent rose square.

Two photos overlapping. The backgound a piece of abstract black and whit graffiti with a wide rose-mauve band coming in from the right.

Brockton Village

The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S.
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There are some that are clever, and others that are weak in that campaign.

A paysanne omlette with lardons and gruyere, with a green salad garnished with radish slices, golden fried potatoes, and a couple of slices of sourdough bread.

Breakfast with a side of sunshine at Le Baratin.

She and Victor spent four days at the Stratford Chefs School.

Appetite for Instruction: PW Talks with Alicia Kennedy In the culinary memoirOn Eating, the author of No Meat Required weaves together the personal, the historical, and the political.

I talked to PW about my new book: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...