Spare me your silver linings. I’m angry at the pandemic.
Published in the First Person section of the Globe and Mail, November 20, 2020
Illustration by Rachel Wada
The Rick Chiarelli train wreck chugs along
Published by Ottawamagazine.com in July of 2020
Like many controversies, it had mostly laid dormant amid the pandemic, but the slow-moving train wreck that is the saga of allegations against Ottawa Councillor Rick Chiarelli has reared its ugly head in recent days …
Great art is hard to find
Published by the Ottawa Art Gallery in January of 2019
In this wise-cracking preview piece exploring a wonderful visual art show by Anthony Tremmaglia, I confess to being greedy when it comes to art appreciation and I whine about how the art world has become too damned prescriptive.
Why lefties have no reason to be smug
Posted to Facebook in May of 2020
I’m an extremely liberal and left-wing individual but I make a point of stepping outside of that mindset on occasion to become temporarily more neutral and look more objectively at what’s going on in the never-ending push and pull between the left and the right …
The Long Overdue Death
Posted to Facebook in May of 2020
Years or perhaps decades from now we may look back favourably on the coronavirus as a saviour of sorts — as the irresistible force that faced off against something far more lethal than itself, pinned that adversary to the ground, and delivered the liberating deathblow …
Love Letter to the World
Posted to Facebook during the Corona virus lockdown
This fictional three-part love letter imagines two sweethearts separated. One is a human being and one is the world.