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Anne is the true artist in our home

Today’s post features a poem and a story about my wife, Anne Schlenker McBryde. It also showcases her art.   The poem is titled Anne is the true artist in our homeWe need beauty because it makes us yearn to be worthy of it. -Mary Oliver Robert McBryde Author: art, poetry, CBC radio, literary non-fiction,..

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Alice Munro Blog

Robert McBryde Author: Alice Munro, CBC radio, literary non-fiction, vignettes and sketches, immigrant experience, living in Quebec and in France, childhood and animal stories, creative memoirs, satire, autobiography, family relations, raising children, aging, travel, social commentary, love and marriage, driving lessons, self-deprecation, Dijon France, condiments, translation: English-French; French-English Publisher’s Note: Funny, manic, and wistful… self-deprecating..

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Unsafe at any speed

Robert McBryde Author: CBC radio, literary non-fiction, vignettes and sketches, immigrant experience, living in Quebec and in France, childhood and animal stories, creative memoirs, satire, autobiography, family relations, raising children, aging, travel, social commentary, love and marriage, driving lessons, self-deprecation, translation: English-French; French-English Publisher’s Note: Funny, manic, and wistful… self-deprecating creative nonfiction…The author, Robert McBryde,..

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It’s all in the condiments

Robert McBryde Author: CBC radio, literary non-fiction, vignettes and sketches, immigrant experience, living in Quebec and in France, childhood and animal stories, creative memoirs, satire, autobiography, family relations, raising children, aging, travel, social commentary, love and marriage, driving lessons, self-deprecation, Dijon France, condiments, translation: English-French; French-English Publisher’s Note: Funny, manic, and wistful… self-deprecating creative nonfiction…The..

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Going To Hell

I swear… I’m going to Hell! “Under certain circumstances, profanity provides relief denied even to prayer.” Mark Twain Ever since I remember, I’ve always had a tendency to curse and swear. This proclivity may stem from the fact that during my illustrious childhood my mother would wash my mouth out with soap and water whenever..

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I Am Your Father

Robert McBryde Author: CBC radio, literary non-fiction, vignettes and sketches, immigrant experience, living in Quebec and in France, childhood and animal stories, creative memoirs, satire, autobiography, family relations, raising children, aging, travel, social commentary, love and marriage, translation: English-French; French-English Publisher’s Note: Funny, manic, and wistful… self-deprecating creative nonfiction…The author, Robert McBryde, a professional translator,..

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Excuse my French

Robert McBryde Author: CBC radio, literary non-fiction, vignettes and sketches, creative memoirs, satire, autobiography, family relations, raising children, aging, travel, social commentary, love and marriage, immigrant experience, living in Quebec and in France, translation: English-French; French-English Funny, manic, and wistful… self-deprecating creative nonfiction…The author, Robert McBryde, a professional translator, has been compared to David Sedaris..

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Short but very funny intro

Robert McBryde Author: CBC radio, literary non-fiction, vignettes and sketches, creative memoirs, satire, autobiography, family relations, raising children, aging, travel, social commentary, love and marriage, immigrant experience, living in Quebec and in France, translation: English-French; French-English Funny, manic, and wistful… self-deprecating creative nonfiction…The author, Robert McBryde, a professional translator, has been compared to David Sedaris..

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