Tuesday Live cast members (L-R) Willy Witherspoon, Rob Dylan, Robbie O'Spoon and Neil Old

Toronto impressario David Mirvish announced today that Mirvish Productions have secured the rights to produce Tuesday Live: the Musical! based on the wildly popular live streaming…

These unusual times have focused attention on the things that are truly important.  Health, community safety, care and compassion for our neighbours and of course, food. Food has always been central to our existence from back when we would gather…

One day on the way home from high school, my father and a couple of his buddies decided to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force, hoping to become pilots. Dad became a bomb aimer on a Lancaster bomber based…

There is a misconception that the written Chinese symbols for crisis include the symbols of danger and opportunity. Interpretation is skewed by cultural and emotional aspects that language and symbols cannot convey. The combination of symbols is thought to convey…

I am grateful for the zipper. 

Where would we be without the zipper? We'd be buttoning up our flies and it would be a little drafty down there at this time of year. Keeping mosquitoes out of your tent would…

I am grateful for you. 

You who care - who read, watch, listen, support, create, comment, engage and encourage.

Thank you for being with me on this journey. Thank you for caring. 

May the joy of the season embrace you…

I am grateful for Xrays.

Several years ago I was skiing on Blackcomb mountain at Whistler, BC. While walking across the icy deck of Horstman Hut halfway up the mountain, I slipped and fell. At the time I thought I…

I am grateful for water.

It is more than half of what I physically am. An amazingly simple molecule composed of two hydrogen atoms bonded to a single oxygen but absolutely essential to life.

It is easy to take water…

I am grateful for a Volvo 122s wagon.

A 1967, dark green Volvo 122s station wagon that my Dad bought new. Seat belts were an option that he wisely chose. It hauled our family and tent trailer on epic family…

Uncle Paul enjoying a glass of wine in Madeira

I am grateful for uncles.

Both Uncle Johns, Uncles Dean, Bud, Don, Erik, Stewart, and Paul.  Uncle Bud was a cousin of my Dad's and Uncle Don was close family friend…

I am grateful for technology. 

Technology allows me to be a more effective creator, connects me to others and allows me to easily maintain or renew old friendships over time and distance. Agricultural technology feeds me. Housing technology provides shelter…

Sporting the centennial plaid at the centennial fountain in the centennial year

I am grateful for sisters, and one in particular, Mary.

My sister taught me resilience, love and compassion. John and I often picked on our little sister, most…