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6 Million Did Not Die…

March 3, 2019February 7, 2020 ~ Ellie ~ 7 Comments

It was more like billions.

“Because: all the children who were murdered
Never grew up to become men and womenโ€ฆ”

– a repost of mine, to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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A Precious Memento

October 3, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ 10 Comments

The things you find when you go through personal papers!

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99-cent book sale!

July 24, 2018 ~ Ellie ~ Leave a comment

Wouldn’t you love a bit of light summer reading at an equally light price? ๐Ÿ˜

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Laughter: The Universal Language โ€“ #22

July 12, 2017 ~ Ellie ~ 2 Comments

This is an oldie, but I figured since I never heard it before, maybe some of you loyal readers never did either. It’s actually more poignant than it is funny. How about this: it’s poignantly funny. I’ll write it down roughly the way my friend John told it to me today:

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Windows on the Past โ€“ a family on a Sunday outing

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 ~ Ellie ~ 10 Comments

Many a Montreal family has virtually the same photo as this one – the same grouping (parents and child(ren), posing at the Lookout located at Mount Royal’s Chalet.

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Apartment 34

February 1, 2016August 14, 2017 ~ Ellie ~ 7 Comments

1952. It’s the second day at my new school. We just moved, and I am no longer at Royal Vale School in the Snowdon area of Montreal; I am now going to Willingdon, in leafy Notre-Dame-de Grace.

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What's Wrong With Me book cover with image of brain scan - by Ellie Presner
What’s Wrong With Me?! โ€“ My little medical saga has a nice dramatic arc to it: puzzling beginning, painful middle, and an ending that was a relief in more ways than one.

Surviving Hollywood North
Surviving Hollywood North โ€“ An irreverent memoir revealing how Ellie Presner wrangled insecure screenwriters, harried producers and directors, and eccentric actors in Montrealโ€™s flourishing film business during the 1990s.

First Kiss and Other True Fiction
First Kiss and Other True Fiction โ€“ Evocative short pieces ranging from a little girlโ€™s terror, to an older childโ€™s disillusionment, to the glory (and confusion) of a budding adolescentโ€™s first kissโ€ฆ not without a dollop of humour.

How to be an (Almost) Perfect Parent
How to be an Almost Perfect Parent โ€“ Friendly illustrated advice from a former family support worker. Professionals โ€“ and parents โ€“ love it!

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