Some bug lab guy married my mom - by Margaret Atwood

Today's edition of the Globe and Mail has an interesting article by Margaret Atwood that mentions spending part of her childhood in the Sault.

Today's edition of the Globe and Mail has an interesting article by Margaret Atwood that mentions spending part of her childhood in the Sault.

The article is a tribute to the acclaimed novelist's mom, Margaret Dorothy Killam Atwood, who moved here in 1945 with bug lab founder Carl Edmund Atwood.

"Our mother set up a mammoth berry-preserving operation, and we were set to picking blueberries at a cent a cup," Atwood writes. "She did not believe in waste or overspending."

Margaret's mom died late last year in Toronto at the age of 97.

The author's official website discloses that she and her family lived here for less than one year.

To read Margaret Atwood's celebration of her mother, please click here.