Saturday, January 24, 2026
Later this month, a revamped version of the 1984 Style Council album Cafe Bleu will be released, and Paul Weller & co. have been goosing the deluxe treatment with social media posts. On YouTube, there’s… Read More
Saturday, January 24, 2026
“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.”— Robertson Davies A note: the cat above was Bellybutton, the much beloved cat Martha and I… Read More
Friday, January 23, 2026
I learned a lot in Brian Jay Jones’s wonderful biography of Jim Henson, including the fact that Henson had mapped out The Muppet Show — right down to the colonnades, with the dancing muppets introducing… Read More
Friday, January 23, 2026
It’s standard practice that when a new party takes over a government, things change. Some shifts are dramatic and soon, and others take a while. On Thursday, three months and a week after ousting the… Read More
Friday, January 23, 2026
“In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men’s underwear.”— Julia Child A note: Julia Child’s kitchen (not the TV set version, but the real one… Read More
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Like a lot of townies, I love a stroll in Bowring Park. The park, in the traditional west end of St. John’s and nestled near the Waterford River, is a magnet for people looking to… Read More
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Looking for some company while you walk the dog, hit the gym or do the laundry? Here are three new episodes of podcasts made here in Newfoundland and Labrador. (From time to time, I’ll point… Read More
Thursday, January 22, 2026
“You can’t put off being young until you retire.”– Philip Larkin
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
We all have unconscious habits — things we say or do, little bits of behaviour — that punctuate our days. Over the years, some of my colleagues noticed one of mine. “OK, what’s next?” I… Read More