Hi Jillann. That’s a great link about Cather in Canada. Very interesting to read. The Mahoods spent a few summers visiting Grand Manan Island when they were very young and were aware of Cather’s house there, where the article says she spent 18 years visiting with her companion Edith Lewis. Cather seemed to like Canada.
Hopefully we will be unpacked by the time you visit 🙂 I forgot how much work moving is. Ugh. Happy reading this month! keep me posted.

We would love a visit to your new home! Will let you know when we plan to visit, not this summer but perhaps the next one!

https://cather.unl.edu/scholarship/catherstudies/4/cs004.stouck
This came up with a quick Google of Cather and Canada…at a brief glance it looks like Cather did spend enough time in Quebec City to absorb some history and atmosphere.

Makes me want to learn more about Willa Cather’s life.

Thanks for all your book news and posts!

Hi JoAnn, great to hear from you. Yes we are quite elated the move part is over and now can slowly unpack and enjoy, though renovations still need to be completed here which is not great timing. So we contend with that.
I too enjoyed My Antonia. The Song of the Lark is a great idea to get to later in the year. I have never read that one.
I hope things are going well with the recovery in Sanibel. I’m sure it’ll take time. I’ll check for your update … Cheers.

Thanks Helen for your words. Yeah the boxes will be done eventually. It feels great to finally be in the new house. And interesting that your new place is on one level as well. I find it easier. Do you? In the city I was up & down stairs all day but here it feels just like strolling about. We are liking it.
My Antonia feels a bit like a children’s classic from the turn of the century. It’s sort of pioneer-ish and was interesting for that reason. I enjoyed returning to it. Have a great week.

Thanks Judith. You are right. It does feel like a honeymoon feeling being in our new environs. I love the wide open spaces and the roomy feeling inside the house as well. Winter is full on now but I’m looking forward to spring and seeing the yard. We have to sell the other place still so we’re cleaning there this weekend to put it on the market, sigh. It’s a bit hard/sad to go back there.
I agree that Agassi’s Open memoir was very good. I fell into that immediately as a big tennis fan. But I don’t plan on Spare. I hope all is well in the Adirondacks. How many years have you been there now? Cheers.

Hi Carmen, so glad you’re back! I’ve been away at my niece’s wedding so sorry for the delay in responding. I hope you’re well. Glad you’re out of the drought. I think other readers liked Keegan’s Foster better than Small Things but I enjoyed the latter one better. Foster is so short I thought I needed more. If you read Spare, let me know your thoughts. I guess he used the same co-writer as the Agassi book, so I think it will be written well. And I still need to see The Banshees in particular. Hopefully now that we’re back. I think February should be a calm month with a lot of unpacking. We are liking the boondocks so far. Happy 2023 and keep in touch.

Thanks Stargazer for your comment. Sorry for the delay, I’ve been away.
I’m glad I read Still Life – she had a lot in there. Ulysses and Evelyn were my favorite parts. I’ve read three of her books and they are all sort of meander and ponder themes and characters. You probably liked it better but still I liked it well enough. I agree with you about Spare — I’m not interested in reading it either.
So far I’m loving being out here outside the city. Can’t wait for spring & summer. I hope all is well with you. Cheers.

I probably won’t pick up Spare, but it does sound as though audio is the way to go. Haven’t been inclined to try Still Life and your thoughts haven’t really encouraged me. I did love My Antonia, but it’s been over a decade since I read it. Loved O Pioneers, too. I plan to read the other book in her Great Plains trilogy, The Song of the Lark, at some point. Maybe even this year.

How exciting to be in your new house. I am now on one level and also like it. Unpacking all the boxes is certainly no fun, but each day you’ll see progress.