I’m surprised I’ve made it this far into November without blogging about this, about these things that are sprouting up all over the place. ...

Mavis Gallant's book From the Fifteenth District is a collection of nine wonderfully written short stories set Europe, in periods of ti...

They started coming in the morning. Yesterday's jack o'lanterns. Those pumpkins that had been carefully carved and proudly displayed...

I was looking at the CBC Canada Reads list the other day and noted that I had read none of the five 2014 contenders. This wouldn't do. ...

I'm 10 days into my New Year's challenge of giving something every day (a.k.a. 365 gifts) and so far it's been quite fun. As pla...

I recently interviewed Churchill Alternative School teacher Shauna Pollock, 2013 winner the Prime Minister's Teaching Award for Excellen...

It is amazing how one little person can have so many clothes! As any parent knows, you end up with a lot of clothes when you have a baby. An...

I'm late coming in to the office today. Most of my colleagues are already here - the guy who designs guitars, the stylish blonde with a ...

Anyone who knows me, or who has followed this blog in the past, knows that I'm a bit of a sucker for New Year's challenges. For exam...