Although Ms. McWhinnie's watercolor still lifes are billed as "glimpses of memories," their effect is more formalistic than nostalgic.
It was early February and I had just recovered from a tidal wave of emotions that, based on intermittent glimpses of memories that farewelled the year 2013, often shifted from feelings of guilt to gratefulness and joy at any given moment.
Initially, Aang is only able to give Korra glimpses of his memory concerning Yakone in relation to her confrontations with his two sons, Amon and Tarrlok, the products of Yakone's Bloodbending vendetta on the Avatar.
But that is no more than a glimpse of a memory in my head by now.
(Brief, earlier glimpses of Betty's memories have confirmed this fact, and two identical strands of excellent pearls, gifts to Betty from her husband and her lover, pop in and out of the story to add further amplification).
The more truth-telling and pseudo-historical the stories became in form (tending toward an apparently random, anecdotal structure, making elaborate play with letters and other documents as "evidence"), the less credible became the content (miraculous feats of learning, stigmata, prophetic glimpses, memories of previous incarnations, and so forth).
In less overtly literary moments, he examines his memories for glimpses of Amy, addressing her directly and trying hard not to idealize her as he reimagines her birth, her wedding day, her funeral.
This part of France was the beating heart of the Resistance, and Brandon catches past and present in one frame, juxtaposing the picturesque beauty of the countryside with vestigial war memories and glimpses of the dark political clouds just beyond the horizon.
A few words at the end recall her husband and Greene, both long and gaunt, on Capri afternoons: "These recollections are bound up with glimpses of that place, and with memories of its men and women; above all, with images of two tall men sitting at ease in the cafe, as years pass, talking of the great writers: living impressions that may stay vivid into the Millennium -- or so very little longer".
I hold fast to these memories, precious glimpses of my life with Carol--one that ended all too soon.
