Hi, I’m Marie Prins.

I live in an historic (1853), octagonal house on the edge of a town in eastern Ontario, surrounded by perennial and vegetable gardens with a small pond tucked in the corner of our property. Over the years, I have written memoir, poetry, and children’s stories often inspired by nature, gardening, and lives of those who once lived here in the past century and a half.

The Reading Room resides in the Creamery inside our house. That’s the room in which cream was separated from milk by those who once farmed our land. Instead of rows of milk cans, there are shelves of books and remedial reading materials for the students I tutor online. Please click on the  Reading Room for more information about my programs for students who need support to become better readers.