Sometimes an extremely dumb act can lead to profound breakthroughs in perception and awareness. Sometimes, you just chuck the goulash in the toilet and end up with a four-hundred dollar bill to Drain Rescue. And a long hard think about the value of home-owning. The...
As I prepare for a trip west next week for a friend’s wedding, many memories flood back. She and I have been friends for nearly forty years. We have lived together in London Ontario, Paris France, and Winlaw British Columbia. She is marrying the right man this...
This past weekend I had the pleasure to witness the fruits of my labour actually dance. What a pleasure and a delight. Wiping the motherly tears from my eyes, I watched with swelling bosom as he circled the arena at the annual pow wow in Scugog. In scorching heat, he...
In the past two weeks, two of my writing colleagues have had their full manuscripts requested, and one other has just placed third in Ten Stories High short story competition. I was just reading an article on the seven deadly sins that writers make, and one of them...
It is day four at Maryholme Retreat Centre on Lake Simcoe and I have just completed another full edit of my novel, Weather Vane. I have been hearing the voices that say bad words in my head again. I heard them and I kept walking over the lawns with my clipboard and my...
Ever since il Fornello first opened its doors on Bloor Street at Bathurst in Toronto I have loved it. I have loved its wood-fired ovens that produce a pizza crust to bring tears to the most calloused palate. I have loved its decor and music, its wine and aqua...
