Literary Nonfiction. Shortlisted for the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction at the 2019 Alberta Literary Awards. "A lamp and a flower pot in the center. The flower can always be changing."�Virginia Woolf
From the bestselling author of RUMI AND THE RED HANDBAG comes a new collection of essays about the intersection of poetry, painting, photography and beauty. Inspired by the words of Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein and the art of Irving Penn and Georgia O'Keeffe, Lemay welcomes you into her home, her art and her life as a poet and photographer of the every day. Lemay shares visits to the museum with her daughter, the beauty in an average workday at the library, and encourages the budding writer. Take a long walk through the fragrance, the colours, the beauty and the simplicity Lemay brings to this pocket-sized collection of essays punctuated by moments of flowering. Make an appointment with flowers, and an appointment with life.