The March of Days

by Boyer, J. Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780978498214
• ISBN10: 0978498216
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-06
• Publisher: Blue Butterfly Book Pub Inc

Summary

Although Patricia M Boyer won a scholarship to McMaster University with the highest mathematics marks in Ontario & graduated at age 19, literature & languages were her speciality. She first worked as a public librarian, next as a secondary school teacher, then as a newspaper editor. A community leader in arts & theatre, Patricia was devoted to human rights action in her local community & around the world, church work, drama, the education of children with disabilities, & music. Each week she wrote a newspaper column inspired by episodes in the world around her, both local & global. She rewarded readers through articles infused with learning from literature, astute sensibility to human psychology, & balanced insights on the tragedies & comedies of life's passing parade. Patricia Boyer summed up her approach to life as "optimistic realism". This collection of the best of her celebrated columns, organised through the twelve months of the year or "the march of days", includes reflections on seasonal celebrations, changing atmospheres of nature, & calendar milestones in the human cycle. A number of these concise yet poignant writings will move many readers with nostalgia as they evoke the happy events & tragic developments of the Sixties & Seventies. All of them, however, convey the wisdom of a woman whose message of optimistic realism endures like a timeless guide to living a satisfying life in the real world today.