My first public book reading
I gotta start off with a disclaimer: Despite all my aspirations otherwise, I am not a professional writer. (At least, not yet. Maybe. One day.) But I do have a novel! Books from new/unknown authors very rarely sell …
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January is the saddest month
I’m watching the crews in the plaza out in front of Brookfield Plaza take down the Christmas tree decorations. In an hour, it’ll be an empty space once again. It’s a metaphor for January, really: the …
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2025, A Year In Review
The 2020s keep on burning like a bad dumpster fire. It’s hard to find the highs when we saw the disturbing rise of fascism in the former home of democracy, authoritarianism rising in Alberta (with several uses of …
New Years Tea, 2026
It’s that time of year again, and we’re off for Afternoon Tea, somewhere. That was the first of our challenges: where. Don’t get me wrong, going to Banff is wonderful and it’s a tradition …
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Merry Christmas
As the song goes, it’s Christmas once again. But once again, it doesn’t really feel like it. I miss the building excitement when I was a kid, of a sparking morning and family and the chaos of presents and …
CPAP Fail
I snore. There, I said it. I snore most likely because I used to grind my teeth. And that was because of stress. I had a dental guard to stop the wearing of my teeth (I no longer have canines), but I stopped wearing it …
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Back in the Office
Back in May, the company decided to close our 12th Ave. location due to its prohibitive cost and lack of use. This was a decision I supported – the extreme short notice was not particularly welcome, however. I …
So, I published a book...
Remember that book I wrote? It’s been published. To be fair, I didn’t get a publisher (believe it or not, I am the publisher). I got a printer. And a seller. And they’re called Amazon. Yes, yes, I know, …
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So, I wrote a book...
You already know that I’m a writer. If this blog alone isn’t enough of a reason, I’ve got a bunch of stories in some sort of draft state. Well, now I’ve taken it more seriously. I wrote (well, …
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Monkey's First Day of University
I’m still reeling from your 18th birthday, Monkey. An adult. It’s a big change, I think more for me than for you. But today, you started university. When I went to university, Nana and Granddad drove me up to …
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