From My Window: Travels, Writing, Ruminations

di Rena Flannigan (Autore)

middleroadpublishers.ca, 2024

Rena was a natural. No airs and graces about her. She cultivated her rough edges and delighted in leaving splinters in those whom she believed deserved them, mostly pompous politicians and bureaucrats. But her heart was big and full of love for her family and her adopted country. Rena left us in the summer of 2022, having diligently avoided Covid and most other ailments known to mankind and the medical profession. She left behind a body of work, some witty, some whimsical and some scathing, which we believe deserves a place in our library. We take pride in publishing some examples of her stories and poetry for you to enjoy. MICHAEL JOLL, PRESIDENT, THE BRAMPTON WRITERS' GUILD. Summer 2023. In our conversations to discuss her work, Rena always found it amusing that her writing would "one day" find its way as a published work and she often joked about the fame and fortune that would inevitably follow. But she also realized the truth: the majority of writer's exist on a bare minimum of royalties. So to her, it would have been the immense pleasure she would gain from seeing her work in print. I hope that she will be able, somewhere, somehow, to know that her work has seen the light of day, at long last. KEN PUDDICOMBE/ EDITOR/ PUBLISHER MIDDLEROAD "When I think of Rena and the stories she told, three things come to mind. The first is that all of life is memory except the present fleeting moment. The second is love—the love she had for her family, life and words. The third is that experiences are the important things in life, not physical possessions. This collection is a fitting epitaph to a life well lived. Rest in peace, Rena." —Raymond Holmes. Author: Witnesses And Other Stories "As she read out her stories/articles, Rena frequently opened the window to a bygone era of her early days in Canada. Memories of travels, all came alive as Rena transported us to another time. She continues to do so as her words paint the picture, and we can see through her eyes. Rena lives on through her writing." —Cherry Narula, Goldfinch Storytellers. "Rena was a Scots force of nature, a global whirlwind of activity, travelling the world and then setting it down in a flurry of missives and a storm of anecdotes. I envision Rena as the tour guide she was later in her life, bustling people in and out of buses to see the sights and sounds of the locality. I picture her tearing down narrow rural laneways in a rental car on her annual pilgrimage to Ireland. Light on her feet in her youth, I see her in that dance hall. A Dancing Queen. Young and Free. Having the time of her life. She didn't have a horned helmet, armour, or anything like that, but I wish to imagine her dressed like a fanciful Brynhild as she stepped out onto the ice and did her speed-skating around that rink to Wagner's blaring Ride of the Valkyries." —Sandy Nielsen

• Autore: Rena Flannigan
• Anno edizione: 2024
• Editore: middleroadpublishers.ca
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781990765131

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