Girl at the door
I was in my shop waiting for a family to arrive for their baby shower. I could hear…
Parking pile-on
Each day, I put two pylons in our parking space at the back of our shop, and one…
Thank God for the LRT!
“Thank God.” That’s what Doug Ford said. He was jubilant at a press conference saying the Eglinton LRT…
Oakwood’s toxic caps
Brad the scientist waved hi. Not at me, but at a woman driving by. I didn’t know it…
My anti-hero
When summer hit and school let out, the city changed. The morning rush slowed down, the roads emptied,…
Good men
On the last days of school, I talked to a couple of Rawlinson school dads. One’s an agronomist…
It’s like a bomb went off
A lady at the Fairbank Summerfest said, “the world is on fire.” And she didn’t mean the heat…
Fun not fair
I went to the Fun Fair at Rawlinson School in the heart of Oakwood Village the other week.…
Our racist uncle died
It’s like my racist uncle died. He was part of the family. He helped build the house. He…
Tricorder in the library
I took my mother-in-law to her cataract surgery on College Street. I had to wait outside the clinic…