There is no official post this week as we take a winter pause for Family Day. I hope you are all enjoying the snow with…
The first book I ever read cover to cover by myself was The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton. I was about seven years…
Years ago, my long gone Mother-in-law was angry with her brother. Her husband had had his leg amputated due to diabetes complications. Throughout the ordeal…
Most schoolchildren can recite the rhyme “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” But when he arrived in the Americas what did he find, really?…
A better, more accurate description of a graphic novel is to call it sequential art. This term gives a little more respect to the artist…
Interview questions on the radio last week were all about what lessons people had learned from their mothers. The answers were usually along the lines…
The time has come, the Walrus said, C.S. Lewis Almost everyone knows at least one whole poem or a few lines from a few favourites….
What is history but people reacting to circumstances throughout the centuries? At the time of this writing, I am about two thirds of the way…
Recently it was Keith Richards’ birthday. Yup, 77 years old. At one time he was the top pick in the who’s-next-to-die betting pool. Yes, such…
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Or so the saying goes, but often we don’t get to hear from both sides of the…