I’m going to tell you that I once read an article that said about 70% of people sleep with their pets. That way, you won’t think I’m a big weirdo. I’m in the majority. When I go home to Saskatoon, or the family dog comes to Edmonton, he sleeps on my bed. Fergus is a […]
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Not going anywhere
From 2000 to 2008, I lived in 8 different places. Here’s where I went- 1. From 2000-2001- I went to journalism school in Montreal. This was my first time away and I loved it. I fell in love with Montreal the way you fall in love with a person. I was an adventurer. I only […]
What I’ve been doing
Since December, I have become a semi-professional house sitter. I’ve been looking after animals, and seem to have developed some cat caring skills. I don’t really understand cats, but now I’m a little more familiar with them. I’ve also been working a lot on the day job. Farm writing is always busiest from January to […]
Hunter S. Thompson’s job letter to the Vancouver Sun
My friend Melissa sent me the following, which is a letter that writer Hunter S. Thompson wrote to The Vancouver Sun, before he was famous. TO JACK SCOTT, VANCOUVER SUN October 1, 1958 57 Perry Street New York City Sir, I got a hell of a kick reading the piece Time magazine did this week […]
Happy year of the Dragon!
Gung Hay Fat Choy! It is Chinese New Year today. It’s the year of the Water Dragon, an auspicious year for all Dragons. I’m a ’76er, which marks me as a Fire Dragon. Fire Dragon and a Leo born on the day of Hecate the dark goddess with a first name that means “defender of […]
Wild libraries I have known
I met my friend Kerry Clare because she runs one of my favourite literary websites- Pickle me this . Kerry lives in Toronto and writes about books, writing, her thoughts and her lovely daughter Harriet. She also has a section on her blog called “Wild libraries I have known.” I wrote a guest post for […]
CTV Morning Live Edmonton
On January 4, I did an interview with Rob Williams on CTV Morning Live Edmonton. I had to get up very early and then drive across town. We’d had freezing rain the night before and the roads were treacherous. Fortunately, the studio gives its guests a very early call time, so it didn’t matter that […]
Every movie I watched in 2011
Every movie I saw in 2011 I watch a lot of movies. I go to movies in the theatre and watch a lot at home. I tracked every movie I watched. Some of them I don’t remember. Some of them are not worth mentioning. Occasionally, I get bored and start reading instead. (T means I […]
The Complete list of everything I read in 2011
Several people asked for this, and so here it is. I found a way to do it that did not take forever. (CAN) indicates Canadians, and & indicates that we met each other and know each other well enough that if you asked them if they’ve met me, they would be able to say “yes”. […]
Top non-fiction reads of 2011
Non-fiction recommends One thing I’ve realized is that I can actually read a lot of crap. When you read as fast as I do, you will look at a book and think, “Hey, I can read that in a couple of hours, and be done.” I realized this when I started reading Steven Tyler’s biography, […]