Travails of a transatlantic transplant

 It's just a virtual migration this time! I'll post new entries  here on Substack .  Please note that there are paid subscription op...

People are stealing butter in Ontario. Lots of it.  It's not me-- honest, guv--but I do understand the temptation. Dairy products are li...

I can be very critical of my adopted city but there are also some things about it that I love, and one of them happened last month: TIFF, th...

I've been talking a lot lately about writing a will. It's one of those topics that used to seem off-limits in polite conversation. W...

Note: some names have been changed to protect the innocent. (Actually just one name, to protect me.) Toward the end of May, husband complete...

We are again in Cambridge, at Clare Hall, and so very happy to be here. Our flat is small but perfectly formed, and right next door to last ...

Dam, we did it Most people go to Las Vegas for the gambling and the high life. They go to win money. They go for a lost weekend with a lover...

A classic advertisement said, "You're not getting older, you're getting better." I don't recall what it was selling-- ...