And now, another of those muted, placid, gentle hints from the universe that one might be spinning on the B side of life: Earl Fowler One...

David Sherman   Reisa decided I needed to expand my musical culture, something beyond electric guitar, bass and snare drums. On good...

Whatever happened to the life that we once knew? — The Beatles, Free as a Bird Earl Fowler Half of what I’ll say here is meaningless, but...

Quinn McIlhone With a Sony Walkman I can read at night while listening to music at the kitchen table without disturbing you. Shut out...

Contributed by the artist currently known as John Pohl from his present exhibit in Montreal. Nonchalance on the wall of my kiosk/tent,...

By Jude Klassen Why The Handmaid's Tale is a Canadian Comfort Watch -- for now. Margaret Atwood’s dystopian 1985 novel, The Handmaid’s...

David Sherman   If you needed a mechanic and lived anywhere near Lachute, QC, rated 200th on a list of 200 best Canadian cities, your...

With apologies to Leonard Cohen David Sherman The voters have decided Hate’s not really sin Polish your swastikas And be a good Christian...

Earl Fowler Great horny-toads, Meemaw! Woke up in a cold sweat and sat bolt upright in bed last night when it occurred to me that...

From our archives, first published during Covid lock down, Aug 2020 David Sherman   If you’re not a hockey fan, become one. I’ll spare...

Unprincipled people cash in on uneducated people’s disdain for educated people’s disdain for uneducated people.

Earl Fowler So where were we before we were so rudely interrupted? Oh yes. I read in the paper this week that 2024 — punctuated by...

David Sherman There will be tales of woe and beating of chests. Millions of words will be written as to why and how. That is how they...

It’s 1972 and Leonard Cohen hesitates to ask a waitress her name at a late-night café on Eighth Avenue and Van Morrison is singing about...

Earl Fowler Back in the Westinghouse-Samsung Era, before HGTV Canada was bringing us such compelling fare as Property Brothers and...

Quinn McIlhone Given such happy nights were spent playing love games on a couch with you, it is curious I should find myself weighing a...

You said: Why does my friend think AI is dead? ChatGPT said: The idea that "AI is dead" might come from several possible perceptions or...

David Sherman   Swift Removal New Orleans: The judge’s ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by unhoused people who were subject to...

I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel. — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Earl Fowler It is with a mix of bemusement and...

There was an Indian head … drawn by an unknown artist in 1939, broadcast until the late 1970s to American TVs everywhere after all the...