My hat’s off to another heroine of the 20th century: Peace Pilgrim.
Born in New Jersey, this pacifist started walking across the United States in 1953 and continued for 28 years (walking over 25,000 miles before she stopped counting). Travelling without money or possessions beyond what she carried in her pockets, Peace Pilgrim called for “international […]

In the Irish Catholic tradition, guilt is a genetic trait that is hard-wired into our chromosomes. In deference to my forebears (a suprising number of whom were nuns and priests), I tend to feel guilty about alot of things that aren’t really my responsibility: pollution, global warming, even the Writer’s Strike.
Of course, there are also […]

Despite their grim collective noun (surpassed only by the Ruth Rendell-ish “a murder of crows”) and croaky demeanour, I love ravens. Big, clunky, with a wedge-shaped beak and a throaty croak, Corvus corax principalis are a dominating presence in the woods and mountains of the west and north.
Fabulously smart, I’ve seen them steal eggs […]

Here are some facts:

Last night I dreamt about my hometown (London, Ontario).
In my dream, the city was filled with incredibly tall trees, and the river was wide and rough and wild.
I haven’t visited London since 1993.
I dream about London a lot, but I don’t think about it during the day.
Two summers ago, I visited two […]