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Of Knots and Quills - Home Page
Available August 2011 |
Cabbagetowners are a special lot. Those of us who were lucky enough to
grow up here in the 30's and 40's find ourselves often, as adults,
walking the same old streets, remembering the same escapades, sharing
the same memories. We enjoyed the city zoo at Riverdale Park, and played
on the baseball diamonds in the flats during the summer at Riverdale
park. Of course these same flats hosted a huge pleasure ice rink in the
winter, complete with three hockey cushions. The whole of the Don Valley
was our playground, and like the park, was only minutes away from our
homes.
I've never been sure whether it was just the place that was so special
or the time and place. There was an innocence about our lives. We wanted
for nothing, even though we were born during the depression and were
schooled through the horrendous years of the second world war.
I've been writing for many years now. Many of the short stories I have
published have been about Cabbagetown.
Corned Beef and Cabbagetown
is a compilation of stories from my childhood in what I think was
probably the best place in Toronto to grow up.
I hope you thoroughly enjoy reading these stories as much I did writing them.
Joseph
Kearney
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