
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…

“Reality. What a concept.” -Robin Williams Years ago, in a psychology class, the professor asked all of us to put our heads down on our…

The difference between ‘puttering’ and actually ‘doing’ something is that puttering has no real agenda, no objective, no fixed start or completion. Puttering exists in…

I had a fierce Grandmother on my father’s side. She immigrated from Ireland on a boat that was one boat before the Titanic… by herself….

I am lefthanded. So what, you say? Well, the world is built for the right handers — which makes sense, since they are the majority. …

There is a history to a painting that I have hanging in my office. As a piece of art, it is a beautiful watercolour mix of…