Houses

Rose-coloured Glasses

  I am the kind of person who owns a collection of random glassware. In fact, if I tried hard enough, I could trace the eras of my various kitchens via the contents of my cabinets. At some point, the solo orphans and abandoned twins were part of a set, but over the years their siblings succumbed to misadventure of …

Middle Age

An Honest-to-goodness actual phone interaction

Call centre person: “Hello, this is Stephanie. How can I help you?” Me: “I’d like to cancel my online Toronto Star subscription.” CCP: “Oh. I’m sorry you want to do ...
Middle Age

My Internet Twins

Last week, I received the following email, which I have copied and pasted verbatim: Hey Marilyn – you’re the person responsible for fiscal decisions related to Marilyn M Carr The ...
Houses

Cottage Status Report 20241020

It’s almost time to say goodbye to the drowned annuals that desperately tried to recover from the early summer monsoons and failed miserably (it had nothing to do with the ...
Marilyn Carr meets the Beatles

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Writer. Editor. Ghostwriter.

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The next instalment of my memoir, If It’s Shreveport, It Must Be Tuesday, will be published later in 2024.

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