Be Careful What You Wish For
My husband and I waited for 2020 to arrive with a lot of plans and expectations in mind.…
Essay
A Story for Our Times
If we wanted to tell the story of our time – the story of this time – where would it…
From the Garden
Whenever my family gets together, it’s always at my grandma’s house, breaking bread…
Love Comes Around
Some people hate Valentine’s Day. They see it coming and they hiss and boo and say that…
The Importance of Community During the Pandemic
Somehow 2020 is flying by, despite all of the waiting. Time feels broken. Long have we…
Power Failure
When I arrived at university, the first thing I was asked to do was write an English…
The Dim Light of This Christmas
If I had to define Christmastime in one word it would be light. The light that…
Drunk Promises Are Hard to Keep
Beginning is easy. Finishing is hard. I often have grand ideas for a poem that will never…
A Letter to Mike, the Angsty Squirrel I See on My Porch Sometimes
Dear Mike, Did you know that if you lie very still, and very flat, and make sure not to…
On Meeting Irving Layton
In the early seventies, Irving Layton came to our High School in Montreal-North upon the…