Life in Nova Scotia
Having had quite enough of life in the city, my wife and I decided about twelve years ago to move to Nova Scotia, which we’d discovered for ourselves on a car trip to eastern Canada in 2000. Read more…
Guns, Guns, Guns
Gun ownership in Canada is treated as a privilege, not a right. And I think this is a far more sane approach. Read more…
Duck Hunting 101
On the last day of 2012, I rolled out of bed at 5 am and began to get ready. Long johns, thermal undershirt, military surplus fleece pants, another thermal undershirt, two pairs of socks, a fleece pullover, and finally my hunting jacket, ski cap, balaclava, and gloves. This may sound like an abundance of clothing, suitable, perhaps, for an expedition to the North Pole. As it turned out, I would be sadly under dressed for the morning’s pursuit: duck hunting in the North Atlantic.Read more…
How I Fixed My Previous Recipients List and Address Book in Mac Mail
This is the gripping story of how I fixed a problem with Mac Mail and Address Book that had been plaguing me for over a year. Read more…
The Nose Forgets Nothing
For Christmas this year, I received a masala dabba–an Indian spice box. Read more…
Living With Horror
I cannot help anyone if I’m in a state of constant outrage. I am not making the world a better place if my heart rate is twenty beats per minute above normal. I am not making my children safer by worrying about them. I am not sharing in the pain of the parents of Newtown any more just because I’m being constantly reminded of it on CNN. I am not participating in the shared sadness of our nation just because I see the same images replayed on the screen all day long. None of these things deepen my experience. Instead, they detract from it. Read more…
Why I Write Two Kinds Of Books
It’s true that the simple act of reading a book won’t keep the wolf from the door. But it’s been shown that higher reading ability correlates to a higher quality of life overall. Read More…
Writing Sheds and Why We Love Them
Maybe the topic of writing sheds has always been a popular one, and I just never noticed before. Or maybe it’s become a symbol of all that we’ve lost in our culture, in terms of quiet, solitude, and contemplation.
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Crosswords and Coin Collecting
This is the only picture ever taken of me with both of my grandfathers. It hangs on our stairway wall now. I find myself looking at it often these days for a number of reasons… Read More…
The Hundred Hearts
My fifth novel, The Hundred Hearts, will be published in May of 2013.
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