A while back, Blogger announced that it will no longer support the subscribe-by-email widget. This means readers who receive blog updates by email will no longer receive them. I posted…
Booklists: Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction Here’s a booklist you may want to save: historical fiction. This genre brings history to life, by letting readers view it through the eyes…
Booklists: Hidden Gems of Fiction Here’s a list of 10 so-called literary novels. These are great reads that will move you, make you think, and maybe make you sad when…
As I mentioned here, I’m posting three of these columns each week until I’m caught up. Booklists: Meet Amazing People Through Reading In my last column, I suggested ten travelogues…
I have been alive on this planet for 60 years. I don’t know how that happened. It doesn’t seem even remotely possible. Yet here it is. I am 60. I…
Book Lists: Travel the World by Book In my last column, I promised you lists of books on various topics. I’ll highlight ten books in each column. You might want…
Happy New Year and Happy Book Lists 2020 was such a difficult year. Most of us were not sorry to see it go! Your library is here for you, dreaming…
Oh dear, I’m way behind on posting the biweekly columns I write for the local free newspaper. I don’t imagine wmtc readers need to read these, but I like to…
The discovery, last week, of the remains of 215 children on the site of a former Indian Residential School has sent shock waves through Canada, especially through this province, where…
After finishing and marveling over Kate Reed Petty’s True Story, I picked up There There by Tommy Orange and had a similar reaction. I don’t read a lot of popular…
Kate Reed Petty’s True Story is one of the most impressive debut novels you’ll ever read. It is both a riveting page-turner and a narrative puzzle, twisting and turning in…
Alternative title: It Happens in Canada, Too. Desmond Cole’s book, The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power may be a difficult book for white Canadians to…
Revolutionary thought of the day: What I’m here to talk about is how our whole approach since day one has been like this: Kids are jumping out the windows of…
Our new friend Here on Vancouver Island, frequent power outages are a fact of life. Obviously outages happen everywhere, but when high-wind storms come ripping off the Pacific, we’re the…
When we moved into our house, the grounds were spectacular. Even in this area where seemingly everyone gardens, the former owners were masters. There were beautifully designed flower groupings everywhere,…
Blogger will soon stop supporting the function that allows readers to subscribe to blogs via email. This is occurring because Google is killing Feedburner. Like the deceased Google Reader, Feedburner…
April 28 is the Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job. The canary is a potent symbol and a powerful reminder. This tiny, fragile bird was…
Women Friendly Cities Challenge After the recent, horrific murders in Atlanta of eight people, six of whom were Asian or Asian-American spa workers, there was a lot of discussion online…
It seems that state lawmakers in several U.S. states need a refresher course on the First Amendment. It’s a very simple amendment, really. Amendment I Congress shall make no law…
Derek Chauvin, the police officer who murdered George Floyd, was found guilty on all charges. At long last, after millions protested around the country and the world, a police officer…
