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10/18/2014

Re: Book of Firsts

"Ever since he first came out to Canada, old Bishop Laval had kept a brief weather record, noting down the date of the first snowfall, when the river froze over, the nights of excessive cold, the storms and the great thaws. And for nearly forty years now he had faithfully recorded the return of the swallow." --Willa Cather

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BONNIE B Buckingham link

10/21/2014 09:18:47 am

Love this quote. This is one of Cather's books I have not read. HOPE all is well. Enjoy the conference this weekend.

Laurie

10/21/2014 09:55:33 pm

Hello Bonnie! It's from Shadows on the Rock--set in old Quebec. There are some very beautiful passages in it.

BONNIE B Buckingham link

10/23/2014 06:41:53 am

I am doing My Antonia in the late Spring with my students. Interesting that she did Old Quebec. I have one of her autobiographies so may see more about Shadows in the Rock.

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