Toronto Mayor Reads While Driving
Rob Ford, Toronto’s mayor was caught reading a newspaper while driving on the Gardener Expressway: “On behalf of all the citizens of Toronto that value road safety, Mr. Mayor ……
Lilian Nattel
Sea Turtles Swim to Freedom
Sea Turtles Swim to Freedom – YouTube. Filed under: Beautiful, Fun Tagged: good news
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
This is a beautiful, heart-breaking, and ultimately redemptive novel about an Ojibway (Anishnabeg) man’s journey from childhood in the bush to his undoing in residential school, experiences in the Native…
More on Walmart
I dashed off yesterday’s post in haste and want to add a few thoughts. I’m not in favour of an economic model in which cheap prices depress wages (and working…
Bestsellers – in praise of Walmart
Web of Angels is back on the bestseller list! And no small thanks go to…Walmart, which chose this literary novel about a mom with dissociative identity disorder as its featured…
Baby Goat Playing
Buttermilk "plays" with her "friends" – YouTube. Filed under: Fun Tagged: cute animals
The Breakup Video
We Quit You, Keystone XL (It's Not Us, It's You) – YouTube. Filed under: Concerning, Fun Tagged: oil sands, tar sands
‘Small Damages,’ by Beth Kephart
“Dreamlike” is one word for Beth Kephart’s latest novel, “Small Damages,” in which an American teenager is exiled to Spain after she gets pregnant. Her percolating story emerges through Kephart’s…
Panda Playground
If you need a smile today, here it is: Cute pandas playing on the slide – YouTube. Filed under: Beautiful, Fun Tagged: nature videos
My Hawk and Grad
A week ago today, M graduated from middle school (grade 8). I tried hard not to bawl as the class procession walked through the gym and that was quite a…
Coopers Hawk
Coopers Hawk 3, originally uploaded by colographicalchemy. I didn’t take this photo but I saw its match today. There is a family of Coopers Hawks nesting in the park a…
Life and Books
I am braving the heat in my sunny and a/c-less work corner (it’s the 3rd day of 34 degree heat) to post because it’s been so long. Last week, before…
Project Sanctuary: 27 Children Safe
This is the sort of story I collect, the kind that inspired Web of Angels: Det. Paul Krawczyk and D/Const. Janelle Blackadar of the Sex Crimes Unit Child Exploitation Section…
Keep Calm Gallery
What's Inside – Multi | Hazel Nicholls | Artists | Keep Calm Gallery. I love this! (Thanks to J who sent me the link!) Filed under: Fun Tagged: fab babushka…
Light and Lively Reading?
My new project, which I’m now about 8,000 words into, is something different from anything I’ve done before. It’s a light (and I hope smart) novel. I won’t say anything…
Canada Tilts Leftward
The Canadian public is on a distinct tilt to the left, says a new national public opinion poll, suggesting concern over wealth distribution has traction beyond the Occupy tents and…
Heat and Skyline
Spring came early to Toronto. Summer arrived early too and I don’t like heat. Thank goodness it’s supposed to break next week. But we’re on the way to the island…
Department of Amazing Life
Amazing animals – Mudskipper – YouTube. Filed under: Fun, Interesting Tagged: mudskipper
A Brief Encounter with Meaning
Today I walked to the post office to mail a copy of my book to my dear friend J who is currently living in China. I’ve meant to do it…
Simply Reading: Web of Angels | Bookstack
“That must be a heckuva book,” the elderly man said. He stood before me, hand in hand with his lady friend, as they walked the boardwalk on an afternoon constitutional.…