I’ve been getting a good response to the article in the Star today.  In it, I mention that since selling my car, I have discovered the Carless Weight Loss Plan, which involves getting fit by walking

FYI – I have been told that the Toronto Star will run my piece on selling my car and riding a bike on the op-ed page tomorrow, Monday July 28.  Four days later, on August 1st, it’s

I was there, my dear friends.  Your faithful correspondent was actually there, on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City on Sunday, at the free Paul McCartney concert.  You have undoubtedly seen the pictures of

Writers, I have changed the date for the August workshop.  It will now be Sunday August 24th, from 9.30 (gathering, coffee, chat – work starts at 10) to 5.  Every other particular remains the same.

My friends, the message of today’s post is: get your good ideas in advance.  I suddenly realised yesterday that I should write about my teenaged love for Paul, as he is now front page news.

I went to a chichi fundraising event yesterday with my old friend Ron.  For $50 a head, we got to stand in a crowded, noisy room with drinks, smoked salmon and fresh, raw oysters which

My friends, it had to happen.  I was at the library this morning and as always went over to the New Books display section.  And there it was, a new book by Julia Cameron, famous

I will try to keep my head in proper proportion to my body, but the testimonials I’ve received from the Sunday group are making that difficult.  Herewith: Kathryn: “I was thrilled with the whole day,

The first Write in the Garden workshop is over, and I am pretty sure, judging by the response of the participants, that it was a hit.  (I asked them for a critique on what would

The one week intensive course at U of T ended today with a bang – a series of student readings in the Faculty Club dining room, as we all ate our last meal together.  The