Fun – just got this from my blog friend Alan Millen, a fellow mad Beatle lover and musician I’ve never met who lives in Zurich and sent this from the Odeon, a legendary artists’ café

So Toronto is locked down again as of Monday. Sam’s bar will only be able to sell take-out bottles. Thomas’s work will probably continue, and so will mine. But how lucky I am; unlike many

Cheer on a dull day:  From Ian: It’s a terrific read. Quite the story, quite a life, to date; I wonder what your next “part” will bring. I’m amazed at the rich detail in your

Only a writer perhaps will understand what this means: last night, as I watched a documentary, Monterey Pop, I got up, scrabbled around for paper, and started taking notes. I used to take notes all

At five to eleven on yet another glorious day, four old planes flew high above in formation. I listened to the Memorial Day events from Parliament Hill, thought of my family members who served to

Just so glorious – 23 degrees today! I’m convinced the heavens were agreeing with us about the end of the orange blowhole and shining their delighted approval. Except that he’s still there. Jason said today

Today is the first day of the rest of your life, as we used to say. It really does feel as if everything has changed. After the street celebrations all over the States and the

 It’s HOT. 20 degrees, heavenly. And Joe Biden is President of the United States.  I’m sitting on the little deck outside my office, basking in the sun and feeling four years worth of tension oozing

11 a.m. Who knew that one day the whole world would be watching Pennsylvania? Breath held. Go Scranton! Anna just texted, it’s over. One panel has declared a Biden victory. CNN, the NYT and the

My body hurts, as if I’ve been pummelled, kicked in the gut, in the head. Well, maybe that also has to do with chasing my grandsons around the playground, growling loudly. That’s our game –