Between Ourselves: Time Passages
One evening earlier this year, I settled down at my computer to sort through the flood of e-mail that fills…
From the Editor
Between Ourselves: Escaping Summer
My favourite season for many years was autumn, because autumn meant the end of summer. Why would anyone welcome the end of summer? The answer is that I grew up in Montreal on the upper floor of a duplex in…
Editor’s Letter: Let’s Get Moving!
A few months after my dad died in 2008, having waged a courageous struggle with cancer, I learned that my…
Editor’s Letter: More for You!
Happy New Year! I find it hard to believe that it’s once again time for me to be writing that.…
A Happy Christmas
My daughter-in-law is a big fan of Christmas. No, that’s putting it mildly. In fact, it’s such an understatement that…
Where Will You Be on Remembrance Day?
The red poppy. The cenotaph. The wreaths. These are among the images associated with November 11. Recent years have added…
Hobby? What Hobby?
Everyone should have a hobby. I was going to tell you who said that, but I’ve done some research and…
Sharing the Wealth
One of the many things I love about my job is having the opportunity to read the letters you so…
For What It’s Worth…
A painting by Jean Paul Riopelle, the Montreal-born artist who died in 2002, was sold in May for $7.4 million—an…
Becoming Grandpa
For a great many Canadians, summer begins, however unofficially, on the Victoria Day weekend. Whatever they call it—and the May…
