By Caitlin Kelly From the very start of my journalism career, I’ve taken on some very painful stories to tell, whether women who had terrible things befall them (for Chatelaine, a national Cana...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/05/03/telling-painful-stories/
behind him! By Caitlin Kelly As some of you know, I grew up in Toronto, ages five to 30, and left — gladly — to try work and life in Montreal, New Hampshire and New York, where I’ve stayed ...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/26/12-great-days-in-ontario/
By Caitlin Kelly OK, my last post has hit an all-time low — 16 views. Sorry, but I really just don’t have the energy to keep writing posts no one sees or bothers to read. Life has been really...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/07/bye-kids-taking-a-break/
By Caitlin Kelly As you know, I watch a lot of movies, some many times. I don’t watch horror or kids’ films, but many others. No Googling!! What’s the name of the Paris restaurant in “Cas...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/a-movie-quiz-25-questions/
By Caitlin Kelly Identifying birdsong easily using your phone and the Merlin phone app. A new monogrammed bath sheet on sale, (and one for my husband!) Afternoon naps. Planning visits from old fr...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/more-simple-pleasures-12/
By Caitlin Kelly Fresh flowers always! My personal style signifier Scarves. Silk, linen, wool, printed, plain. The last thing I bought and loved Two new printed lampshades for the bedroom. The pl...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/25-facts-about-me-the-htsi-questionnaire/
Let’s all be frilly — and dependent. By Caitlin Kelly Like every immigrant, I moved to the U.S., at 30, filled with hope and optimism for my new future in a country that spends a lot of energ...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/15/tradwives-and-fundi-babies-america-2024/
By Caitlin Kelly It started out as an online discussion with people seeking attention for their organizations, speaking with journalists like me about how best to accomplish that. I met one of th...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/a-life-changing-assignment-rural-nicaragua/
By Caitlin Kelly His name was Flaco, and he was a Eurasian eagle owl, his feathers the most glorious mix of black, rust and sienna, his distinctive ear tufts sometimes blowing sideways in the Man...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/02/29/flaco-the-eagle-owl-that-united-so-many-of-us/
By Caitlin Kelly This story, which ran recently in The New York Times Magazine, was powerful, and really hit home for me, as someone who taught at Pratt Institute, 2014-2015, during which time a ...
https://broadsideblog.wordpress.com/2024/02/23/the-toughest-teaching-challenge-student-suicide/