Last Wednesday afternoon, my friend, Danuta, invited me to watch a movie with her. We pulled the blinds and sat on her comfortable sofa...

Just after listening on Sunday to the beautiful young woman who lost her entire family with one stroke of nature, a tidal wave, there was...

When I went into my studio this morning,  I turned my attention to cleaning up.  After a week of intense, passionate, sometimes renetic...

The ice breaking up on the lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. All I see is paint. Big slashes of paint. In all the colors I’ve been...

This weekend past, I spent a couple of days in magical Bear River, a little village, population 900 (I think), in northern Nova Scotia....

Writer Peter Frase talked to Jian Ghomeshi on “Q” this Thursday past, defending rude service and how we are slaves to “service with a...

This week I decided to give my students a new twist on making an abstract painting. First, I had them write their name on paper in paint....

“Always make new mistakes.” #Pothole

Full moon over the lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Did you ever try to brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand? Try it!...

P1040252, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. A little bit ago, a friend suggested I start teaching in my house. I had been looking around...

Indigo Girls at Park West in Chicago, September 18, 2005. (left to right: Amy Ray and Emily Saliers) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Indigo...

Snow in February, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. We’ve had a lot of snow in Eastern Canada recently. Enough to make the roads narrow,...

I found a great video of an inspirational commencement speech on Rachel Pink’s blog.  It’s great.  The speaker, Neil Gaiman, not only...

So, my driveway has been plowed four times since I’ve been back from NYC. Three times in three days, in fact. It’s been cold, very cold,...

There are many ways to think about New York City. It’s big, it’s crowded, loud, sometimes brash, always exciting. Here are a few ways I...

Halifax is not New York. I had a long day traveling, with a seven hour wait in the Philadelphia airport because of flight delays and...

When we went to the radiation clinic for a followup visit, Damian bounded up to the reception desk with a cheerful smile and said:...