The reason for the beehive in my bonnet? John Rustad, leader of British Columbia's Progressive Conservative Party.

When I think of Christmas, I think of my grandmother—the scent of fresh-cut pine, roasted turkey, mandarin orange jello. The tree,...

PTSD is a familiar term to most people. C-PTSD not so much.

I avoid New Year's resolutions with a passion. Mainly because I won't keep them anyway. But this year I'm thinking and planning ahead. ...

My my my! It seems that the National Novel Writing Month organization has not only stepped in it, but made a big splash doing it. At a...

It's a long past time since I last posted, so what better way to start than by announcing my graduation from the University of King's...

It's been a tough one. Prices sky-high. North American governments are imploding. About halfway through, I opted out and dove into the 18...

Writing, art, music - creativity of any sort can (and does) get us through the hellish times. We heal faster and need fewer pain...

These days, setting up for painting, sculpture and so on is much more than I can seem to manage. But I miss it. So, I'm trying a...

Each time I dip into U.K. websites, I'm amazed at the volume of opportunities available for arts practitioners. It matters not the genre...

Well, not quite. Mine started in June, but as September is the traditional beginning of the school year... In any case, the semester has...

Because I'm the one, you push past in the aisles, checkout lines, streets, and sidewalks. I walk with a cane and try to stay out of your...

ChatGPT is becoming a big name in the automated writing world. And a controversial name. Yet they're not the only AI app around. There's...

Depression, anxiety and I are joined at the hip, a threesome. I, in the centre, flanked on either side by those constant companions....

I watched a 2021 episode of America's Got Talent audition on YouTube - Nightbirde (aka Jane Marczewski) singing It's Okay. For anyone...

It's been longer than I realized since my last post. My excuse? Working like crazy to finish off my MFA assignments and manuscript...

We - meaning my cohort and I - are at or near the midpoint of our final semester of Year One—the class of 2023 graduates in May. We, the...

I've been researching for the new book - memory, identity, history, self - and came across what may be the creepiest or coolest thing...

The lines blur. Memory-history-history- memory. Which is which? Which is truth? A button tied to a string spinning front to back, back to...

In Canadian law, assault is defined in six categories: assault, assault causing bodily harm, aggravated assault, attempted murder,...