I’ve written about a lot of different creative artists over the years. Looking back, I think I’ve used this mostly as a way to channel my thinking on what these artists teach us — no matter how big or small we are, no matter what we do. I’ve written about…

Did I see the tsunami coming? No, absolutely not. In fact, it’s the first time I recall it happening in the nearly 12 years that I’ve been writing this missive. It started in February with an innocent rant about a topic I knew had the potential to strike a nerve…

We’re fast approaching the one-year anniversary nobody wants to celebrate: the COVID lockdown. It was this time last year that I did a few things I haven’t repeated since: • I flew to Miami on a flight without a single empty seat. • I swam in the hotel pool, walked the…

There’s a great scene early on in the movie Philadelphia. Denzel Washington, an attorney, sits in his office hearing a request from a rival lawyer, Tom Hanks. The Hanks character, Andy Beckett, has been fired by his firm for cause, or so it seems. But we quickly learn…

I’ve never done this before. Then again, we haven’t lived in times like these. I’m re-posting something I wrote more than six years ago. (Yep, a rerun, but not even close to Seinfeld’s league.) First, let me ask you: how many times in recent months have you heard some variation…

It’s been a year like none other. No need to debate it. The evidence is there — more than 70 million infected, 1.5 million deaths, and countless lives and businesses impacted by a pandemic we hadn’t even heard of last Christmas. There’s been the odd silver lining. Our daughter…

As a young kid growing up I had a short list of iconic figures in my life. Bobby Orr was one. Jack Nicklaus was another. David Bowie made an impression on me too. And also James Bond. The original Bond, Sean Connery, died two Saturdays ago… and it flashed me…

The drama that’s unfolding south of our border here in Canada… thankfully now in its final days… has me missing the favourite President of my lifetime. It’s not Obama or Reagan, though I was a big fan of both. No, for me it’s the former Democrat governor of New Hampshire…

How can you be more helpful than you already are? The summer of COVID has now faded into our rear-view mirror… and what a different summer it was. Like many families, ours didn’t do much of anything these past few months. No big vacations, no long road trips, no major…