You know what it is like. You have been there. An argument wherein neither party is willing to budge. Each one deeply invested in winning...

Mrs. Knapp had been a teacher prior to her retirement, whereupon she became simply old Mrs. Knapp (as she was referred to by all the kids...

To look – direct one’s gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction. To watch – look at or observe attentively over a...

Photo by Kulbir So, this is it. Alone and starting over again. There is a teenage flitting of excitement in the pit of the stomach and...

Back to basics Characters representing words placed on an associated pictorial (see cover page drawing where feet and a head were added...

An explosion of ideas Basquiat, Haring and Banksy did it via their Graffiti art. Madonna did it via her music. Writers, architects,...

Picture this…Grade five, recess time and a ball buster boy in my class (Martin) told me that years ago someone had hung themselves in the...

USPA D Licensed Sky Diving Instructor – Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor – High Altitude Alpinist and Master Scuba Diver Williams...

While studying in Italy (as a young high school student) I visited the local grocery shop and ordered prosciutto and panini to take back...

The Letter “S” Solitary and solicitous to remain so, or so, he thought. He shunned prosaic societal situations and opted for studious...

The Letter “I” I have always had an insatiable interest in the intricate innermost workings of his mind. After all, he left an indelible...

Next door of sisters there are three Here it’s just mom and dad and me Feeling quite bored I captured a bee And lovingly fed it flowers...

THE LETTER “W” Words. So many words jostling and competing, some surviving and thriving, while others are left behind to die. The trick...

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Thomas Wolfe and Margaret Roberts Learning about the writer and the man While in North Carolina, I visited Asheville and the home (now a...

Breakfast in the forest We awaken to the trumpet like blare of peacocks (an alternative to the more clichéd rooster), the rustling of...

THE LETTER “C” Cross legged and cozy in a corner of my closet, I compose and choreograph compelling encounters for the charming, cool and...

A bulky builder with huge working hands, fingers thick as sausages and cracked skin (the sort of hands that Tina Modotti would...

THE LETTER “M” Mortadella and Swiss cheese sandwiches distinguisehd that memorable summer of 1989 from all others. It was a time of manic...

As long as I can remember there were books. In the beginning, picture books alphabet books and pop up books. Much later (High School and...