view from the Pitt River dyke trail Well. It is now October and I am just getting these up because ...who knows why?! My summer wasn't extremely busy, but I never had time that I wanted to commit to doing some of these 'old' blog posts. I really write them for myself, to remember the books I read and what I thought/felt about them. This is turning into my 'poetry and comic book' year, as I've read more poetry books and a brand new genre to my reading - comic books, than I ever have before. My kids have always loved comic books but when I found out about Drawn and Quarterly , I immediately put a whole bunch of holds in at the library. One of them even won a nomination on Canada Reads 2023 ! (That one was excellent...for a later month.) Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong - Honestly, it's been a very long time since I read this one. I think I found most of these poets on Padraig O' Tuama's p