Thursday, July 21, 2011

the medium, the message, the McLuhan

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100th anniversary of Marshall McLuhan's birth. the man who essentially invented the field of Communications grew up in Winnipeg. today i...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

To tell you the truth... (the writer's equivalent of stage fright)

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"To tell you the truth, though, I still haven't made up my mind whether I shall publish [ Utopia ] at all. Tastes differ so widely,...
Thursday, July 07, 2011

Richler gazebo

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SO impressed with Florence Richler's comments about the gazebo in Parc Mont Royal which is to be spruced up & dedicated to her late...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Strangers in Paris

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am so pleased to be part of a new Paris anthology, edited by Megan Fernandes & the illustrious, frequently top-hatted David Barnes . Str...
Monday, June 20, 2011

Montreal street corner

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standing at the corner of Saint-Laurent & Laurier, i notice this plaque by Gilbert Boyer. i've only walked past this corner a thousa...
Sunday, June 05, 2011

eating & reading Savannah

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The sidewalk in Savannah, Georgia, shines with mother-of-pearl from the old oyster shells buried in the concrete. Forget streets paved with ...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

inspired Orlando

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a big thank you to everyone who made the 'Don't Just Sit There' workshop happen in Orlando! i had a wonderful time talking writi...
Monday, April 25, 2011

taking a bite out of malaria

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today is the 4th annual World Malaria Day. for the first time in 50 years, we might actually be able to defeat malaria--which killed 781 000...