I’ve come to realize I’m not a prolific writer. I publish so little that it still gives me a thrill when I see my name in a publication....

Refactoring is a software term. I’ve talked about it before in the context of the workplace. It means to take an existing section of...

I have published my first article on Medium. You can follow me there (and here. And on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram . . .). I actually...

How a software principle became a way to do business A Grade 9 typing class was the most important course of Leon Kehl’s life. Clocking...

Waterloo Mennonite Homes, MennoHomes merge to strengthen response to affordable homes. A short article about the merger between...

One thing I'm appreciating about freelance writing is that sometimes it takes a very long time for a story to come together. This one...

In 1999, when this was first published, one book, entitled Anam Cara, sat at the top of the Irish Times Bestseller List for 20 months....

I've been volunteering on a community engagement committee to raise awareness about human sex trafficking in Waterloo Region. The...

I know a lot of people watched the slow demolition of the Trinity United Church building on Frederick Street in Kitchener, as I did....

One song made and nearly broke Ralph McTell. When he wrote Streets of London at the age of 23, he had no idea how much he would live in...

That's the title of a personal essay I submitted to the Globe and Mail, and what do you know? They liked it. You can read the full essay...

Printed in the Irish World in September 1999. Joe O'Connor's latest play, True Believers, played the Tricycle Theatre in London, UK. L.A....

Head Chieftain Paddy Moloney shows no signs of slowing up after decades in the music business. L.A. Livingston met the 61-year-old...

First printed in the Irish World in September 1999. I spoke with Sixpence None the Richer's lead singer, Leigh Nash, about their...