Columns

From Where I Sit – Stories Worth Reading

During our recent plumbing emergency and all the preparation for a tour group of visitors to my art studio/gallery, a lot of things got neglected. One of the most annoying things to me was the lack of time to read the Edmonton Journal and National Post each day. Even when I have 14 or 16… Read more »

From Where I Sit – If Only It Was Hair in the Drain

Thursday night Roy was shaving before a late shower. Before long, with the air of a beaten man, he announced the sink wouldn’t drain. We assumed the culprit was hair in the trap. Removing all the products under the sink, finding an ice cream pail to catch the water, and getting the tools to loosen… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – Sweeney Todd

DVD: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Released: 2007 Directed by Tim Burton ?Evil is neither suffering nor sin; it is both at the same time, it is something common to them both. For they are linked together; sin makes us suffer and suffering makes us evil, and this indissoluble complex of suffering… Read more »

From Where I Sit – I Don’t Get It

I like to think I’ve led a reasonably well-informed life. I read newspapers, watch the news, and ask a lot of questions of virtually any and everyone. But there are some things I just don’t get. Am I alone in this? I don’t get the whole Sex and the City phenomenon. We never had satellite… Read more »