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• the tree outside your window

  

  It may have started with a weeping willow. I used to pass one on the way home from school in grade three, I think it was. I had started at a new school and before I knew anyone in the neighbourhood, I knew that tree. I would sit under it, leaning against its wide trunk,…

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  Johanne Provençal

  8 Sep 2024

  all, nature & landmarks, research and academics

  forests, trees, urban forestry

• I am a (temporary) no-go zone

  

  In December 2023 (for the post, “the sofa bed and sleepovers“), I did a tally of family and close friends from out of town that had visited me since I moved into my place in Montréal in February 2022. I landed on a count of 21, an average of one for each month. I will…

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  Johanne Provençal

  2 Jun 2024

  all, arts, culture, music, everyday life, research and academics

  stillness

• the May long weekend

  

  Is the May long weekend the best long weekend of the year in Canada? Quite possibly, according to the opening editorial that arrived in my email this morning for the Canadian edition of The Conversation — “academic rigour, journalistic flair” is their tag line (check it out, it’s also available en français). I am biased…

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  Johanne Provençal

  18 May 2024

  all, arts, culture, music, events & festivals, research and academics

  Gemini, Long weekend, Tap Water Jam, The Conversation