NHL playoffs start tomorrow!!!
When I worked for the Writers Guild of Alberta, I decided to be brave and do a poetry reading as part of the Calgary Stroll of Poets. Here’s one of my poems… headtale · Random Thoughts For A Random Age
Pace looking up (literally) to a fire fighter cousin in Calgary…
Flames are having an amazing season and are going for it as they flesh out their line-up heading towards the playoffs… Calle Jarnkrok, acquired by CGY, is a versatile middle-six defensive forward who can chip in goals as well at 5v5. Was playing up in Seattle's lineup but will be best suited to a 3rd […]
Diagnosed with ALS in June 2019 and given six months to live, Calgary Flames Assistant GM, Chris Snow, is still alive three years later. He has even been able to keep working (kudos to the Flames for this!) and turn his bad situation into an opportunity to raise hundreds of thousands for ALS research. His […]
A writer I know recently posted about a contest he participated in where he spent three days in a Chapters bookstore trying to write a novel. The contest was put on by Book Television, a Canadian specialty channel that closed last year. When I worked in the cultural non-profit sector, I remember writing a letter […]
Contrary to the impression you might get from some western Premiers, the Covid pandemic is not over. But with vaccinations and boosters also being increasingly common, we’re all slowly returning to “normal” (whatever that is.) Shea and I weren’t quite ready to book an out-of-country hot holiday as that leads to all sorts of other […]
Whether it’s the crowd being silenced live at Rogers Place or studiously staring into their nachoes at a sports bar in the West Edmonton Mall, watching the Oilers lose while on a holiday in Edmonton feels so much better than watching from a distance. And former Flame, Mike Smith, is a huge part of the […]
