Since my mobility has been excellent since my operations last week, I decided to try to take Beckett for a walk and see how far we got. Amus...

A week ago, I received the news that I had colon cancer. I spent five nights at Toronto General and had three surgical procedures, one under...

  "Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too." —Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) Today is the 89th anniversary...

On May 8th, 1945, Europe was liberated from the fascism that threatened not only Europe, but the world. By the end, untold suffering had bee...

  I never count spring as having arrived until the cherry blossoms on our tree decide to bloom. They bloomed last night. This is the first d...

Last night I spent some time on the telephone with my young friend Dexter, the 16-year old writer and filmmaker I've been mentoring sinc...

  Last night, Caitlyn Jenner made her debut as a Fox contributor on Sean Hannity. She praised Ron DeSantis, and she praised Florida's ...

  "Here are some snapshots if you'd like to see them: Shaw helping Brian string Christmas lights along the edge of the roof of our ...

Valentine , directed by my friend, Australian film director Jamie Blanks, was released on this day in 2001. I stayed with Jamie and his then...

"Magnified and sanctified is the great name of God throughout the world, which was created according to Divine will. May the rule of pe...

This is one of the nights I most wish Beckett was still a baby. The snow is falling softly and heavily in the park. It's not too cold, a...

  On this day in 2014, my dear friend Eliezenai Galvao, her husband Jean Douglas, and her two sons, Artur and Raul, became Canadian citizens...

The teachers we've loved: Monsieur Pierre Olivier, a patrician John Houseman-type at Collège du Leman, circa 1975. Picture the Rector of...

TBT: One of my all-time favourite interviews, with author Terri McMillan, for The Advocate in 2005. A friend recently asked me if this had ...

  Happy New Year. Be warm and tender in a world that is often cold and jagged. You're always stronger by taking the high road. Make 2022...