Author name: Sam Rosati Martin

Artistic depiction of owl with nest of spoons

Nesting

Nesting By Sam Rosati Martin Illustration | Jennifer Fong Li Watch my eyes shimmer  —in the ice with you. —I want your song, your singing.    Turn the sun off, tenderize [me], lay your voices  on my stomach.    Feed me branches and twigs— splinters—   I have been abandoned  by an owl who left plastic […]

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A look inside funeral homes during COVID-19

Recently, The Strand spoke with Jay Figures, a former funeral industry worker, about the condition of funeral homes and his own experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. The government of Ontario has introduced general funeral industry safety measures during the pandemic, and funeral industry workers are included in Ontario’s second phase of the vaccine rollout.   Still,

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