Who would not know of the book, Moby Dick? Herman Melville’s classic tale of man versus the leviathan. Even someone who had never read the…
We apparently spend a third of our lives sleeping. Or, at least we are supposed to. Since the industrial era, sleep has been gradually viewed…
I have been on both sides of showing up for an appointment an hour early, and patiently waiting an hour. What most makes me question…
Years ago, (decades, to be honest), I was seduced away from my big, heavy, well seasoned, cast iron frying pans in favour of lighter, non-stick,…
I recently heard of someone throwing out all their old cookbooks. Why bother with a book when any recipe you want is available online? Geez,…
If you’ve been following the current chapter of Contentment is for Cows, you will recall that Brewster and Frey Shaw (Freakshow) spent an evening together in…
When circumstances are not perfect, or there has been a glitch in plans, a friend of mine is fond of saying, “Ahh, who has more…
The recent announcement of HMV record shops closing pangs me. With everything going digital these days I can’t help but feel a wee bit nostalgic…
A little jewel in the centre of downtown London is the The Arts Project. It is a creative mix, a “non-profit art gallery, theatre and studio…
If you like to listen to, or read interviews with authors, it is not uncommon to hear an author discuss how their characters seemed to…