Forest Road outside Stratford to Lisbon Cemetery: 22k This is my last hike likely this year. I have done 72k of the 113k of the Avon Trai...

Perth-Oxford Road, near Line 113, to Forest Road at Hwy 7, Stratford: 20k Another October Sunday full of sunshine, brightly coloured fore...

Wildwood Conservation Area to Perth-Oxford Rd., near Line 113: 16k This is the third instalment about my walk on the Avon Trail, a 113-ki...

St. Mary’s to Wildwood Conservation Area: 14km At 113 kilometres, the Avon Trail winds from St. Mary’s to Conestogo. I’m practicing for w...

I threw my own party for my 40th birthday – a bona fide ceilidh complete with caller, live band and lots of friends and family. My daught...

Recently, Facebook reminded me of my Irish in-laws’ last trip to Canada, 10 years ago. There were pictures of my parents, looking so much...

noun vi·​gnette | \ vin-ˈyet , vēn-\ Definition of vignette 1a: a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually...

porch noun \ ˈpȯrch \ 1: a covered area adjoining an entrance to a building and usually having a separate roof 2: obsolete : PORTICO I lo...

I purchased this little mug as a souvenir on my very first trip to the UK. It was 1992. I’d graduated from the University of Waterloo wit...

I have two of these simple round boxes, each the same size, about two feet deep and the same across. They’re blonde wood bent into a circ...

I wrote this in 2011, and stumbled across it recently. I've had many moments like this in my life, and I've come to see them as encounter...

This is another antique in my house, a beacon to a bygone era, when clothes were created from scratch. It’s also one of those items my hu...

There are heirlooms in our house that I grasp with the strength of the stories they hold. They are beautiful to me because they are old, ...

My nose is dry and stuffed. My ears ring. My anxiety rises as a result. When I look around the room, I can’t decide if my glasses are dir...

noun : /ɪnˈteɡ.rə.ti/ (HONESTY) - the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change Selling and bu...

run/go amuck (also amok) 1. to rush about in a murderous frenzy: The fanatic ran amuck in the crowd, shooting at random. 2. to rush about...

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 sta...

noun cu·​ri·​os·​i·​ty | \ ˌkyu̇r-ē-ˈä-s(ə-)tē , ˌkyər-\ plural curiosities Definition of curiosity 1: desire to know: a: inquisitive in...