Chemo round #3—maybe halfway done? We were a little late getting started today, but Princess Margaret isn't the worst place to hang ou...

Chemo round #2. There was a curtain on my cubicle today, and I asked that it be drawn, for privacy and also to avoid the distraction of seei...

Two-year old Aiden McCarthy was found wandering down the street alone in the aftermath of the Highland Park massacre on the 4th of July. Onl...

I woke up this morning to a young man in our cherry tree, picking the cherries. I have no idea how young he was (at my age, almost everyone ...

  I woke up early this morning, around six, and lay in bed in a very pleasant semi-daze while the Hero MD slept beside me. In spite of yest...

  My energetic home-care nurse, Zaid, has just unhooked me from the odious portable chemo pack, so I am officially finished with round #1. I...

  This afternoon I stopped by the Rosedale United Church office to pick up a pair of sunglasses I'd left there when I did a "Christ...

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 ...