Lilly, a beautiful, heroic, kind, creative, thoughtful, perfect, little girl is in MacMaster’s Children’s hospital, fighting. I met Lilly, when she started attending The Writers’ Club, three years…
I can hear the wind rustling the palm trees above me. The frogs whistle to each other and for a brief moment I understand the language of the palm trees and the frogs. ..
A favourite aspect of my life in the great white north is beginning each workday with a shower; an invigorating, experiential blend of solitude, hot water, and optimism…
Pay It Forward, originally published in 1999, is a terrific book. In 2000, it was made into a feature film. A young adult version of Pay It Forward…
A common Cherokee proverb is “Listen with your heart, learn from your experiences, and always be open to new ones”. Moving into a new house often feels like…
Do you find yourself trying to cover up when naked in bed with your partner? Are you racing to put clothes on after the shower? Is being in…
Women are forced to pay for birth control, feminine hygiene products and take responsibility for their fertility in a way that men are not. As a country that…
As a kid of the 90s, the 80s and before then if I am being honest, I have always felt the urge to go back in time…
Hollywood has given us numerous scenarios, wherein zombies try to take over the world. A zombie apocalypse makes for great fiction and comedy. However, not funny, nor fictional,…
With the release, last week, of detailed report on the tragedy, the Sandy Hook shooting is back in the headlines. On December 20, 2012, 20 year old, Adam…