Monday, August 24, 2026
“There are two kinds of people in the world: bath people and shower people.”— Yoko Ono We’re in the midst of preparations for — finally! — replacing the little bathroom attached to our bedroom. The… Read More
Saturday, August 22, 2026
“Once you get to naming your laptop, you know that you’re really having a deep relationship with it.”— Cory Doctorow The Toronto-born author and blogger Cory Doctorow wrote these words in his novel Little Brother…. Read More
Friday, August 21, 2026
It’s become one of my happy places. After a workout at the local Y, I pull into the sauna in the changing room, and just unwind for 10 or 15 minutes … if I can… Read More
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
“The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served nothing but leftovers. The original meal was never found.”— Tracey Ullman The British comedian Tracey Ullman’s insight into home dynamics (if… Read More
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
I spent some lovely time this month with Bill Bryson’s wonderful One Summer: America, 1927. Bryson finished the book 13 years ago, and I read it just a year before the centennial of the period… Read More
Thursday, August 13, 2026
August is flying by, and summer will sooner or later be a memory. Don’t let the season go by without doing something that fits the height of the season. That could mean a bit more… Read More
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
“Hope is a gift. You can’t choose to have it. To believe and yet to have no hope is to thirst beside a fountain.”— Ann-Marie MacDonald Fall on Your Knees, the novel from which today’s… Read More
Monday, August 10, 2026
“The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.”— Eddie Vedder Something of a voice for Gen X kids like myself, Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder’s quote above has been dished up around the… Read More
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Most Saturday mornings, we head over to Mom’s for a visit, with a purpose. This is the time when Martha, my wife, gives my mother, Sheila Gushue, a manicure complete with polish. It’s relaxed, it’s… Read More
Saturday, August 8, 2026
A bunch of us gathered at the venerable Georgetown Pub in St. John’s Friday for a karaoke night. Our friends Jessica and Brock have been wrapping up a visit, and a bunch of former newsroom… Read More
Friday, August 7, 2026
Ten summers ago, case/lang/veirs was released — a one-off collaboration between the singers Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs. It’s worthy, and it all happened fairly quickly. To mark the occasion, the trio and… Read More
Thursday, August 6, 2026
“Our generation are the new old. I remember what someone of 60 looked like when I was a kid. They didn’t look like me.”— Jack Nicholson, in 1998 Aging bites, and we all look at… Read More
Monday, August 3, 2026
We had some friends over for dinner last night, and it was lovely: six of us in all, dozens of stories, too many laughs to count. Jessica and Brock were back in St. John’s for… Read More
Saturday, August 1, 2026
Some nights ago, when there was still a bit of heat in the air and golden light outside, Martha and I sat down to watch A Room with a View. I’d hesitate to count the… Read More
Friday, July 31, 2026
“But to target Canada? I wouldn’t personally poke the eye of my best friend. Diplomacy doesn’t have to become insulting. Negotiations are only cranky if you make them cranky.”— Robert Restaino Robert Restaino is the… Read More