Thursday, August 11, 2011

a moment in Calgary

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drove into Calgary for an excellent meeting with my editor extraordinaire, Rose Scollard, at Frontenac House , and wrapped up the day over B...
Tuesday, August 02, 2011

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"Toward the end of the book, Otto and Sophie, the central couple, go to stay in their holiday home. Sophie opens the door to the house,...
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 ...