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Of Pirates And Witches and Fairies And Other Most Awesome Things
By
Catherine Connors
When I was a young girl, I was a detective. Not any ordinary detective, mind you: I was a supernatural detective. I detected fairies and goblins and elves and witches. Witches were my specialty. I almost caught a witch, once. She lived in an ancient, crumbling farmhouse on a rural road just north of Dawson…
Wordless Wednesday, Best Of 2009 Edition: If You Bake It, They Will Come
By
Catherine Connors
These are my not-so-world-famous Cinnamon Bongs. They are, no exaggeration, the best things that I have eaten all year, and I say that having eaten chocolate cheesecake in my bathrobe at the Chateau Lake Louise in July, and having had fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies at the Chateau Frontenac on Canada Day, and having gnawed on…
Becoming Mommy, Becoming Me
By
Catherine Connors
Four years ago, my daughter was born. Four years ago, I became a mom. My own mother used to tell me that she considered my birthday as much her day as mine, because it was the day she gave birth, the day that she became a mother. For many years I rolled my eyes at…
Ghosts And Ice Cream
By
Catherine Connors
We spent the weekend going to country fairs. We spent the weekend on Ferris Wheels and watching tractor pulls and eating cotton candy and ice cream. It was good. My heart still aches, and I still struggle, daily – hourly – with the challenge of coping with the emotions surrounding my father’s death. I still…
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