“Kermit” told us it wasn’t easy being green, but it’s even more not easy being two (if you’ll pardon my grammar). Perhaps that is why we have little memory of being two when we reach my age, though I must confess a lot of things fall into the category of […]
Wendi Stewart – Wendi with an ‘eye’
Wendi lives in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, but the farm on Rainy River in Crozier will always be her home. MEADOWLARK, her debut novel released September 15, is published by NeWest Press of Edmonton. She is the mother of four daughters who did the unforgivable: they grew up. http://wendistewart.writersresidence.com
Many of you will have heard of Sam, the dancing Starbucks’ barista from Toronto. He is a YouTube sensation, has appeared on “Ellen,” and made the CBC News, as well as news coverage around the globe. He is an amazing young man. But the truth is he was an amazing […]
Pat Conroy has died. He was a writer who had “great command of the language of the heart,” having penned many books, including “The Prince of Tides” and “The Great Santini,” and always writing the truth of life where childhood is fraught with parents who do harm. He wrote and […]
I’m at the beginning of a new relationship so I’m suffering from the jitters, can’t always think straight, a bit bubbly, and happy. Can’t beat that. We met at the hardware store, not the likeliest of places. A storm was coming and I wanted to stock up on a few […]
Harper Lee has died and with her has gone my dream to sit with her in her back garden in Monroeville, Ala., under a giant sycamore tree, sipping something cool. I would take notes and she wouldn’t mind because we are old friends; have been together since “To Kill A […]
I’ve just come through another Atlantic Canada snowstorm. I’m dug out; found my car and my deck. “Gracie” and I also have recreated our hiking trail somewhat. The snowblower tractor man has come and gone, and he smiled at me sympathetically as I was on the business end of my […]
I love animals. Pets are members of my family, certified members; stand to be counted members of my family. I recently watched a video of an orchestra out on the ocean aboard a floating orchestra pit—an orchestra of oboes and tubas and cellos, and all manner of other orchestral instruments. […]
It’s not news that we live in an aging society. In Canada, according to the 2011 census, the median age was 39.9 years compared to 26.2 years in 1971. With our ability to treat and cure diseases, we’ve made it possible for people to live longer lives. Modern medicine has […]
I’m an opera singer. Well, that’s not exactly true; perhaps I should rephrase that. I sing opera. Well, I might tighten that a bit further and say I pretend I can sing opera. There, that seems a bit more accurate. This is a newspaper, after all, whose mandate is to […]
It was my life ambition to be a mermaid. I know what you’re going to ask: how did that turn out? Not well, I must confess. I am not the greatest swimmer and my hair is not long enough to do the mermaid thing properly. Oh, and my voice doesn’t […]
I admire Willie Nelson. I have loved him from a distance since I was a teenager. I don’t know Willie Nelson; he doesn’t call me at home (an expression my daughters will get). But I love him for the parts of him I have imagined. He shares my birthday so […]
The closing of the year is when many of us look back and take stock of what happened in 2015. The media make lists of the best movies of the year, best songs, most interesting people, and so on. Maybe we should make our own lists for 2015: happiest moment, […]
