In search of the Christmas spirit…
Once upon a time, almost an entire lifetime ago, there lived a wondrous spirit within a little boy. An intense, warm feeling that reassured him there was indeed something truly ...
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Column Happy Hour is now an afternoon nap…
My old pappy had a mildly humorous take on growing old. “When you get to be my age,” he’d say, “traveling isn’t nearly as much fun ‘cause most of the ... -
Column Leonardo da Vinci does not live on King Street
Some people like to paint wall, ceilings, and so on. I have a friend who claims it is relaxing. -
Column Moroccan waiter deems my facial hair ‘beautiful’
Unlike the Three Dog Night song, I have been to Spain (returned from two-week trip Oct. 30), abut I agree with the song lyric, “I kinda like the music”, meaning ... -
Column We might be losing the personal touch
Life was a whole lot simpler in the 1950s. I should know because I was there – and I’m as simple as they come. -
Column TERRY VOLLUM: My first and last fist fight...
Column by Terry Vollum There was no apparent reason for the punch-up that took place in a West Toronto back lane between two eleven-year-old boys sixty years ago. -
Column BARRY ELLSWORTH: I think she's out to get me
Column by Barry EllsworthWe have one of those ugly but serviceable creamy-looking shower mats. It doesn’t particularly go with the bathroom wall colours – a turquoise and white combination. -
Column Terry Vollum: The last of the cash and carry generation
Column by Terry VollumThere was a time when I carried a wallet full of credit cards. It was essential some twenty years ago when I had my own business and ...
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Column Glasses take off like a Bobby Hull slapshot
It all started with a closet door.I opened it, but apparently not wide enough so when I reached in, the corner of my glasses hit the door. -
Column Adjusting to our wireless world…
Once upon a time books of knowledge and various extremely rare reference volumes were kept locked away in private libraries with access restricted to the scholarly elite, a privileged few. -
A changing view on parenthood
It wasn't my old flip phone distracting me while driving between my mom's in Toronto and our house in St. -
The name game
Where has the summer gone? Suddenly it’s August and we’re seeing “Back-to-school” ads on TV. -
Next city election a crapshoot
Still well over a year away, there's no shortage of rumours floating about on who will or won't run in the 2014 municipal election. -
It was the best pizza I never ate
I was holed up in a hotel room with my teen son, Drewpy last weekend. He had a couple soccer games to play in Ottawa so we headed east for ... -
Terry tackles the Proust Questionnaire
The Proust Questionnaire is a comprehensive interview designed to reveal an individual’s personality, his essential nature. -
Steinway grand pianos and singing orphans
Ever wonder why the big fuss over Steinway pianos? Aren’t Yamahas, Heintzmans, Bells, Willis’, Faziolis basically all the same? Can’t an electric keyboard replicate the same sound? Don’t they all ...
