18 centimeters in Miami 🌊 because sea level rise happens unevenly around the globe. It’s a BFD and already way beyond a novelty or nuisance—it’s a pocketbook and lifestyle issue in the #FLKeys and #Miami. Eventually it’ll become an existential one

More bad news about rising sea levels. Strategic retreat must be a big part of the answer. See Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters. #ClimateCrisis. Dundurn Press washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

And don't forget Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters. Dundurn Press #ClimateCrisis

Water park! Heat dome 8:45 a.m. 19 June 2024, last day of school (or nearly) Jeux d'eau. Dôme de chaleur 8h45 le 19 juin 2024, la dernière journée d'école (ou presque.)

fb.watch/sWtD2s90sL/ Happy birthday to Robert Charlebois. Spent my first winter in Montreal deciphering the songs on his first album as I learned French. Un grand artiste--et drôle 1

Watch this space! Just signed a contract for a new book! More details to come soon, although the book won't be out until early 2026. But it will be worth the wait, you can be sure.

What to do on a day like today...

Amen

The way to go! See Against the Seas: Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters. Dundurn Press #ClimateCrisis nytimes.com/2024/07/15/opi…

We’re an old couple from Birmingham, Alabama, and we’ve voting for Kamala Harris! #VoteKamalaHarris2024

I've gone from despairing over the US presidential election to being hopeful about Kamala Harris. She will appeal to many who might have sat this one out. Now to forestall a Trump insurgency after the election, she must win the popular vote and the electoral college "bigly."

Today is Emancipation Day in Canada, marking the end of slavery in the British Empire. It's a good time to revisit Preston Chase's film Mr. Emancipation. windsorlife.com/?p=3861 and Wayne Grady's novel Emancipation Day penguinrandomhouse.ca/.../emanc.../9…

I was born McGowan, daughter of Donald K. McGowan His brother Paul spelled it MacGown, and their father, McGowan.  But their grandfather, Lachlan, spelled it McGown. So did one of Lachlan's cousins or uncles, Thomas McGown who settled near Parry Sound. Who's right? Who cares?

As another tropical storm bears down on Florida, it is past time to consider massive strategic retreat. Dundurn Press #ClimateCrisis bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Not to mention the fact that Kamala Harris's husband is Jewish

We were good buddies, until he bought the car and asked me out for a real date.  After that, things developed and 60 years ago today, August 29, we got married. It's been a lot of fun, from the start.  Word to the wise: choose somebody you really like to be your life partner.

Wonderful to see that Leila's using Concrete: Check out the writing workshop she's leading Oct. 8 to explore "What can we say about that bridge, that house, that street, that hole in the ground? And what does it say about us? " U of R Press

Just a reminder to Ann Patchett fans in Montreal: we'll be discussing her latest novel Tom Lake next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Atwater Library. A good way to end the summer!The discussion is open to all, and will be led by me. Hope to see you there! atwaterlibrary.ca/events/book-cl…