5 min readLoss of the Artful NudeI am a storyteller -- by nature and by profession. It is what I am and what I do. Truth be told, I have a catalogue of life stories that...
3 min readA distinguished gentlemanGerry Charron was a distinguished man, a man of high achievement. When he was still at a very tender age, Gerry took over the family...
3 min readCall me RockyFor most of my life, I’ve been a pretty determined fellow. That has not always served me well, however. Take the time when I was nine....
5 min readCold, and damn coldMaybe you’ve heard of Stockholm Syndrome. If you haven’t, I’ll do my best to explain it here without going into minute — and thus, boring...
4 min readSunday NewspapersNewspapers have been in financial difficulty for about as long as my recent memory can recall. Not all newspapers, of course. Most of the...
4 min readDadThis is the eulogy I wrote for my former father-in-law, who died in November 2010 in Dundas, Ontario: My thanks to the family for giving...
3 min readMy cousin LyellAs you grow older, the people you’ve known since childhood grow fewer in number. Certainly you expect to lose those dear souls who first...
3 min readPit MartinMany of us have had our encounters with celebrities doing things you don’t normally think celebrities do. Defining what constitutes a...
4 min readSaving ShannonA life without burdens is a life without regrets — and we all have regrets, no matter what Frank Sinatra said. No adult is that carefree....