Start with something that needs using up. Overripe bananas An abundance of berries or rhubarb Squash going bad Sour milk Wrinkly apples Or start with a craving. Chocolate or cinnamon Pops of summer brightness in the cold of winter The … Continue reading →
How COVID affected my step-father’s death, and the “third great love” of his life.
Continue reading →Obituary for a special cat. (Yes, all cats are special.)
Continue reading →If you ever saw the movie Elf, you know that Santa’s elves live on candy. “We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup,” Buddy the Elf explains. Don’t you think … Continue reading →
If you’ve been a parent for more than a decade, you probably know the feeling of disbelief that your child is the same person as the little one in your photo album. The other day I had a beautiful dream. … Continue reading →
Written as a chapter for: To Three and Beyond: Stories of Breastfeeding Children and the Mothers Who Love Them Edited by Janell E. Robisch and published by Praeclarus Press My son almost weaned himself when he was 2 years old. One … Continue reading →
Edited version of a letter to Dr Brian Goldman, host of the CBC Radio show, White Coat Black Art. I just heard you interviewed on CBC Halifax’s Mainstreet on the subject of vaccinations. Your comment that the medical community should … Continue reading →
Your partner is going to need you more than ever because she will be pouring all of herself, body, heart, mind and soul into keeping that little baby alive and meeting its needs for the first year at least of … Continue reading →
Submitted to the Vicki Gabereau show on CBC Radio in competition for a book. They wanted a love story. I won the book. My family’s love story of the year concerns my Great Aunt Esther. At 75, she’d been through … Continue reading →
Hotel Chepito, Managua, Nicaragua, November 16, 1987 “Where are you going next?” asked an American friend. “Tomorrow we’re going to a settlement of displaced people north of Condega.” “How are you getting there?” “Hitch-hiking….” My friend shakes his head in … Continue reading →
