Spiders and I don’t get along. Â I don’t think they’re even trying. Â And this sign sums up my feelings about finding one in my personal space. It’s my initial reaction – the brief one I have to talk myself down from actually carrying out! …
If you remember Wong’s “Lunch With…” series in the Globe and Mail you’ll probably recall that she was a true journalist. Â She didn’t suck up to her subjects who ranged from the famous to the notorious. Â She sometimes ripped them a new one for everything from table manners to the way they answered questions. Wong was a marquee writer for the Globe for two decades until she wrote an article that inspired death threats and instead of backing her up, her employer hung her out to dry. Â …
In case you didn’t know it was my birthday, well, I’m making darn sure you do! Â I was born on a Thanksgiving Day and celebrate on one every few years. Â …
For anyone who wishes, this is my appearance on Rogers TV London’s Daytime on Thursday of last week. …
Last night we went on London’s annual Lost Soul Stroll. Â It’s live, moving theatre centred on the city’s history and it happens on weekends throughout October. Â …
Boy do I feel naive. Â …
London has a city councillor who has come forward to make the one who lobbied on behalf of backyard chickens seem calm and rational. …
This is a cautionary tale about what happens when you try to do something good and it goes bad and could have been much worse. Â …
This list comes from columnists at CNN.  Some are realistic and some are not, says me. …
I have only one vice left.  I’m an ex-smoker and ex-drinker but I’ve still got my coffee.  And unless I start growing deadly tumours that have actual coffee inside them, I’m not giving it up. …