I no longer knew how to find God, so nature became my church
First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. Open this photo in gallery: Illustration by Sarah Farquhar The cardinal comes first, scarlet as stained glass. Then a blue jay, brash and loud as any preacher I’ve known. I didn’t realize, when I bought […]
How a Vatican art restorer taught me how to approach and appreciate my age
First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. The irony of being in Rome, the eternal city, on the eve of my 70th birthday, did not escape me. Open this photo in gallery: Illustration by Marley Allen-Ash I’d been here before. But the […]