This was a post I hoped I wouldn’t have to write for many years, but there’s a reason things happen and there’s a reason I’m writing it now. Eventually we’re shown that the journeys we make must continue without the guides in our lives. I realized that on June 11, 2016, when my grandfather, Myles… Continue reading Elegy
“It’s so beautiful here. But you never told me how much it would hurt.” At the end of a year, I always like to go back through photos I’ve taken to see where I’ve been. I do it even if I really haven’t been anywhere – because your journey can be made through images, and… Continue reading In All, It’s About Being Home
There’s an absolutely wonderful song that was part of one of my favourite musicals, Chess. It’s called “Anthem” and it’s sung by the Russian chess champion on his move to another country. He’s accused of leaving his homeland and renouncing his Russian identity by moving away. Instead, he tells people that his land has no… Continue reading My Land’s Only Borders Lie Around My Heart: A Canada Day Meditation
When I think of Remembrance Day, I think of my grandfather, Myles. Myles, who is 88 years old, served for Canada and the U.S. during the Second World War, like many other men and women who were his contemporaries. My other grandfather, William, who passed away in his early 60s, also served in the Merchant… Continue reading They Fought For Our Right To Fight On
I was coming home from a long day of working when I saw the news on Twitter. Today, probably sometime this morning, Robin Williams, beloved American actor, passed away in his California home. It is suspected that he committed suicide, probably from asphyxiation. In the short hour since his death broke to the world, I’ve… Continue reading What Suicide Isn’t (RIP, Robin Williams)
Dear baby, Over the years, your face has changed – not just from the sweet rounded cheeks of a newborn to the angular face of a seven-year-old, but from face to face, of all the babies I have been privileged to know and hold. Your eyes have been blue, brown, green, grey. Your skin tone… Continue reading Dear Baby (Wherever You Are)
For a long time, my dad was “on the water”. He worked for the Coast Guard for just about 40 years, and now works part-time for them in his retirement. Having joined at 17, this is the only corporation he’s ever worked for, and the one that has defined his work ethic, and as a… Continue reading Reaching the Other Shore: My Father’s Wisdom For Me
It might be just another Hallmark holiday, but Mother’s Day has never seemed contrived to me. It seems right and fitting that we should have a day that celebrates our mothers and all they do for us. I am not of the opinion that being a mother is the hardest, most important job in the… Continue reading Understanding All Along: A Mother’s Day Story
It’s been a harsh winter in Toronto the Good. The air, quite frankly, hurts your face. I’ve been going around with constant windburn, hands so dry they crack and bleed, and my back knotted up from bracing myself against the wind chill. Toronto and I are going through a rough time in our relationship. It’s… Continue reading A Little Love Story: 180 Years of Toronto Moments
One of the things that I love best about our new online-based world is that I never feel alone. And for an introvert, who often likes being alone, that can be sometimes overwhelming. Like the real world, the online world can be too much. But as a rule, my online world has treated me well.… Continue reading All I Want Is To Be Your Harbour: Community Online
The Stretch For Something Beautiful 
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