Oliver Moorcraft-Sykes is an acclaimed spiritualist, scrivener, and amateur orthodontist living and writing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His accomplishments are too many and varied to list, but suffice it to say that he’s done everything that George Santos has done, and then some. Should you have any questions or concerns about his writing, please do not hesitate to try and contact him.
Just now, the present seems like a gift that I would dearly love to return to its place of purchase for a full refund. Firstly, there is the ongoing apocalyptic layer cake of war, famine, plague, fire, flood, and Trump. On a smaller, though no less depressing, scale, smug grocery tycoons are wetting themselves laughing… Read more »
For some reason, the theme of wellness has been cropping up with depressing regularity on my Google news feed of late. Articles with titles like “Seven Tips for Living a Longer and Healthier Life,” “Ten Lifestyle Changes That Will Help You Achieve Your Potential,” “36 Habits of Successful and Annoyingly Smug Twats.” I know that… Read more »
When I was in high school, there was a repertory movie house where you could see a double bill of classic or notable older films for just a couple of dollars. My friends and I would go there pretty often on Friday and Saturday nights, whenever we either weren’t working dishwashing, waitering or busing dishes… Read more »
I was out walking my dog late on a mild spring evening a while back, when I passed by an elderly woman who was sitting on the front steps of her house playing an accordion. I recognized the piece of music as Bob Dylan’s When I Paint My Masterpiece. There was an old elm tree… Read more »
You will often hear people claim that “it’s a small world.” But this is just a comforting lie that we like to tell ourselves. The truth is that the world is terrifyingly immense, and endlessly strange. It’s not small, and it’s not smooth, nor round, either. Between wherever you are and the horizon, there are… Read more »
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Tao Te Ching I suppose most of us have a memory from our student careers of a certain educator or two who played a significant role in shaping the course of our lives. Perhaps it was that kindergarten teacher who first brought out in you a… Read more »
I’ve recently been enjoying the audiobook version of The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 10 (2018), published by Tantor Audio, and narrated by Christina Delaine and Will Damron. It’s a hefty collection (almost 20 hours worth) of literary horror stories by some of the leading contemporary writers in the field, including A.C. Wise, Kaaron… Read more »
In 1962, in the context of the American-Russian space race, then-U.S. president John F. Kennedy famously proclaimed, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” I have always found these words inspirational, extolling as they do the qualities… Read more »
Lately, I have been mostly enjoying the Apple TV reality series The Reluctant Traveler, starring the great Eugene Levy, comic actor and co-creator of the sitcom Schitt’s Creek. The premise of the show is that Mr. Levy is someone who is deeply averse to new experiences, but nevertheless willing to move far beyond his comfort… Read more »
I admit it, I have no grand raison d’être, no time for minimalism, asceticism, or self-denial. I am a hedonist, through and through, a born romantic with a taste for the extravagant and the exotic. Also, something of a layabout, truth be told. We each have, at best, only a short stroll between cradle and… Read more »