Music From A Farther Room

Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter repented, changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing, and then seeing again.

This is what I mean about the people in this book. The paint has aged now and I wanted to see what was there for me once, what is there for me now.

Lillian Hellman - Pentimento

All that's to come, and all that could have been...
This is my brother’s cottage, about an hour or so north of Toronto. Mr. Michaud came to visit us for a week recently, and we were lucky enough to spend a few days here thanks to the kindness of said brother and his wife. Heaven.

This is my brother’s cottage, about an hour or so north of Toronto. Mr. Michaud came to visit us for a week recently, and we were lucky enough to spend a few days here thanks to the kindness of said brother and his wife. Heaven.

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