This summer has been a good one for fireflies. A couple of weeks ago we got spectacular natural fireworks. And the cicadas are literally...

It’s the first day of the rest of your life. And mine. One thing to say it, another to feel it deep down. One is left wondering what...

I retired from teaching this week. Or, I just left the profession. Or, I became a writer (although that was a part time thing before)....

Picture removed. This is remarkable. The face you are seeing is computer-generated. It is a result of a new approach to programming which...

My wife and I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario to see the Impressionism in the Age of Industry exhibit last weekend. It was not...

The weather seems to have broken, at least for now. I was in Nashville last week on holiday and it got to 24 degrees on Thursday. It was...

It is still cold and snowing in southern Ontario as winter drags on. I have read that spring will come early this year, but it hasn’t...

We got a ‘snow day’ this week. There was freezing rain for about 12 hours and they closed the schools. I still get that little thrill...

Losing is tough. Deciding on a career change is tougher.

Summer is the time for reading more than any other. I have six books on my bedside table. I have some authors I would like to recommend....

We are staying in a farmhouse about 100 km north of Kingston, Ontario for a week. It rained continuously for three straight days to...

Write hard, even when you don't feel it. Its summer so there is more time. No excuses. Before we get to that however, here is a picture...

Finishing up the first edit of my second novel. No title I am comfortable with yet. It is a sequel to my first. My editor, whom I hired...

It has become apparent to me that if I let my desire to be a writer (meaning a writer who earns a more than an insignificant amount of...

I walked outside my workplace this morning, around 10 am. I wanted to know if the old key I had would unlock box the bases are in at the...

I saw the phrase 'third winter' on a web post as one of the eleven Canadian seasons. (Its right before 'mud season'.) We are in it right...

I'm going to try and write a weekly blog post. There is however, some doubt in my mind that I have enough original 'non-fiction' things...