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I have been jet-fuelled this past month since the first of April, which is April Fools after all. First, I had to finish a manuscript for Random House Canada, with a threshold of 50,000-70,000 words....

Apr

March Madness

March Madness began at the Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto. Jeff, Merit and I dressed in our Sunday best to attend the gala on March 6th. While the Rob Stewart Award, for which we’d been...

Jan

Winter Woes

This winter has been the worst one for about 30 years. We have had a block of cold weather that began just before Christmas Eve and lasted until now, sliding towards the end of January....

Dec

Bedding Down for the Winter

Snowflakes are falling for the first time this winter. The Findlay wood stove pumps out warmth into the morning air. I can see blue jays just outside the kitchen window, now tribal in their pursuit...

Sep

The DVD and ‘The Case of the Missing Wallpaper’