Among the many characters I play: husband, father, son, retired elementary school teacher, writer, Cape Bretoner, lover of hot tea and, above all else, a gentleman. I strive to make a positive difference in the lives of others. In Life, I have chosen to be kind.
Way back in my bachelor boy days, a group of friends and I formed an international cooking club. Each month we would select a country and then we would each… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #79/250: Down Under by Men At Work
The Shawshank Redemption is one heck of a great movie. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards at the time of its release (including Best Picture, Best Actor for Tim… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #74/250: Duettino: Sull’Aria (from the Opera The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart) by Edith Mathis and Gundula Janowitz from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the Film The Shawshank Redemption
NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #11: Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Editor’s note: This post is being written in the wake of Canada’s worst mass shooting involving children at a school which, in this case, was in a tiny town in… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #86/250: Sun In An Empty Room by The Weakerthans
When was the last time you heard a really good speech? I’m talking about a speech so good that it has gone down in the annals of history? A speech… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #78/250: Cult of Personality by Living Colour
NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #10: To The Finland Station by Edmind Wilson
I have always loved living near the water. That is funny to say because I am not a mariner, nor do I like most seafood and I have never learned… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Music Venue #23/25: The First Avenue Nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota
I am hopeful that by the time you get to reading this post that British singer Olivia Dean is someone who has appeared on your music-loving radar. She recently won… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #77/250: Man I Need by Olivia Dean
Welcome back to the blog! It has been a while since I have written a formal post. A lot has been going on in my life and in the world… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #73/250: Golden (as sung by) EJAE, Audrey Nina and REI AMI from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the Film KPop Demon Hunters
“What Child Is This?” is a traditional Christmas carol that was written by a man named William Chatterton Dix in 1865. It describes, from the point of view of the… Read More »Christmas Stories To Be Shared By The Fire: What Child Is This? by William Chatterton Dix
