A beloved Canadian institution has suddenly slipped into broadcast history. Canada AM is no more. This televised breakfast news magazine interspersed with lifestyle pieces and human interest stories was as relevant and hip in 2016 as it was the day…
The Video That Did It
It was the video that did it! Plunged my heart into deep sadness. With mounting shock and dread I watched the streamed footage of someone’s home become shrouded in smoke. First the flames, a terrifying white hot monster gouging out…
The Best Laid Plans…
So often we hear about how the plans people make easily get waylaid or sideswiped by some unforeseen event. Either an unexpected illness, accident, bad weather or even a minor misadventure can thwart our best laid plans. After years of…
Time Honoured Traditions
This is my first Christmas without the physical presence of my mother. Although she died ten months ago, I feel her spiritual essence around me. Now, more so than at any other time in the past few months, my daughter…
It’s all About Passion
What’s your passion? Mine is cooking. I am not a trained chef. The closest to a cooking class I have ever come to is watching YouTube videos on my tablet as I hold it at eye level so I can…
The Proof is in the Plum Pudding
It took three tries and finally I think I got it right – making a plum pudding that is. For decades I saw my mother making plum puddings for the Christmas season. For decades I paid no attention to the process…
Social Eyes
Last week I read an article in the paper that resonated with me. The theme was about social acceptance or lack there of. A few years ago, a mother took her small son to a neighbourhood play group. With the…