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Regarding my memoir piece about the “revolution” at Columbia University in 1968 (see Sept 2 blog): It’s been great to hear from old friends who also lived through those tumultuous years.  And thanks to “Bush” (pretty neat that we are still in touch!) for correcting and adding to my memory of that night at Columbia.  He remembered that “Knox” actually did show up just as we were being hauled into the paddy wagons, and insisted on being arrested with us – to be with me.  This brings tears to my eyes and reminds me that those relationships of youth were actually more complex than the way my memory edits and simplifies.

Thanks to everyone who “kicked in” to help me get my new novel, Wild Mountain, to publication.  The Kickstarter campaign was a success.  To see the Kickstarter campaign as well as my fledgling video career, go to this link:

Wild Mountain: a novel by Nancy Kilgore http://kck.st/16nu1h2 via @kickstarter

June 22nd, our 22nd anniversary. At the Montreal Botanical Garden, touring the exhibition, Mosaiculture 2013, an absolutely magnifique horticultural achievement. Our guide, Annie, usually does the French-speaking tours, but since the English-speaking guide didn’t show up, she decided to practice her English with us, and Jess and I got a private tour. We also learned some new French, like La Terre Mère. I was delighted with this word for Earth Mother. Terre Mère has a lovely resonance, like a ringing chant that can surround the planet. But the more I chew on it, the more attached I feel to the old Anglo Saxon r and th sounds of earth mother, just feeling more gutteral, more instinctual and, well, earthy. We taught Annie some new English, too, i.e, in danger of extinction. Most of the animals depicted in the exhibit are endangered species.