A new short story in The Razor!
May 1 | 2023
May Day, a celebration of spring, marks the appearance in The Razor of my …
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Roaring Twenties
June 11 | 2021
With Ontario finally opening bar and restaurant patios today, everyone’s getting ready to party. Here’s my grandmother Rose in… more ›
HITTING THE ROAD
June 3 | 2021
As we enter June, many of us are longing for the open road. Here’s what that looked like in… more ›
A wonderful Sunday at Junction Reads
April 20 | 2021
My sincere thanks to Alison Gadsby of Junction Reads for allowing me this weekend to share my memoir, The… more ›
The Smallest Objective in April’s Jewish Book Carnival
April 15 | 2021
Many thanks to Israel-based novelist and book blogger Gila Green for interviewing me recently about my memoir, The Smallest Objective.… more ›
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 ›
Reminiscence—my grandmother Malca and her fine feathers
February 15 | 2021
So pleased to share my latest small publication, a story about my paternal grandmother, Malca Kirsch (left)—a woman with… more ›
Butterfly fish and staghorn coral—Barbados on a postage stamp
February 10 | 2021
My father was a collector, as mentioned in my recent memoir, The Smallest Objective, and among his favourite collectables were… more ›
Navigating the pandemic bit by bit
February 2 | 2021
As I tell in my recent memoir, The Smallest Objective, I’m the daughter of a gamester—a father who, though not an… more ›
