Is a stair any place to belong?

Published by Anita Lahey

I am a journalist, poet, series editor for the Best Canadian Poetry anthology, and a former editor of Arc Poetry Magazine. View more posts

Kim Jernigan says:

July 12, 2017 at 3:35 pm

Dear Anita,
I love these posts from the world of shared reading, and always find a connection, in this case my having also read and loved Isabel Huggans’s Belonging and living in a house with a turn in the stair that my grandsons like to perch on. Every time I see them there, I find myself reciting Milne’s poem.
Hope you are feeling at home in Victoria. We remember our sabbatical year there with great fondness.
Kim

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alicezorn says:

July 21, 2017 at 11:13 pm

Excellent essay, Anita. Belonging is a theme close to my own heart. I’m going to look out for Isabel Huggan’s book. Thanks for writing this–and now I especially want to know about the orcas!

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1. Anita Lahey says:
  
  July 28, 2017 at 12:41 am
  
  Alice, thank you! That book by Isabel Huggan is definitely worth looking for. I’ve read it twice through at different periods in my life.
  
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Anita Lahey says:

July 28, 2017 at 12:14 am

Hi Kim,
Thank you so much for this note & response. I am gradually feeling at home in Victoria – but I also miss my other “home”—or, rather, “homes”. You can see why ‘Belonging’ was a resonant theme for me just now… I hope all is going very well with all of you.

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