Goldfinches and the season of milkweed and asters
September 16 | 2022
For most of us, seeds are a starting point, the venture capital …
March 2021
The Smallest Objective in Canada’s History
March 25 | 2021
I’m most grateful to Sharon Hanna for her sympathetic review of my memoir in the current issue of Canada’s History.… more ›
My mother & the longing for something new
March 15 | 2021
Pretty well all of us right now are longing for something new—spring blossom, a silken-eared puppy, the freedom to… more ›
Prohibition-era Montreal—a good-time town
March 5 | 2021
The 1928 Irving Berlin song “Hello Montreal” celebrated North America’s sin city, where cheap whiskey and illicit gambling were… more ›
