Writing to you this week from my parents' home, where we're spending some time (as we usually do during the summer).   It's ...

I was 11 years old in the summer of 1972 (45 years ago -- yikes!!), when five men wearing suits and carrying photographic and surveillance...

Another musical icon from my youth, gone . :( If you're not Canadian (or even a Canadian of a certain vintage), the names Kenny Shie...

The scene: Me, at a lovely local spa for the first time. Dim lighting, soft music playing, comfortable reclining pedicure chair, mug of soot...

" Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging " is an expanded version of an article that Sebastian Junger wrote for Vanity Fair -- a s...

The local megabookstore has had an all-Canadian playlist as background music this month, no doubt in honour of Canada 150 . I've been...

A Facebook friend recently shared this article/blog post, titled " In the absence of a village, build one ." My friend added the c...