As he approaches his 4th birthday, K is asking tons of questions about, well, everything.  As we drive to school in the morning, they come in a rapid-fire stream of seemingly unconnected queries. Take yesterday’s conversation, for example: K:  “Daddy, can we ride ferris wheels at your festival?” Me:  “Sorry K, my festival doesn’t have … More Death and Ferris Wheels

Two young boys + looming festival = little time for writing… *************** There are a lot of things I love about my job, but perhaps the best part is the “homework”. I need to study up on a whole bunch of artists – watching videos from dance companies, reading scripts, or bouncing from MySpace page … More The Weakerthans

We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so … More Just a Quote

Oh, hi there. Nice of you to drop by. Sorry I haven’t been the best host recently – I’ve been distracted by this bright, shiny thing called Twitter. I avoided Twitter for a long time. I thought of it as a toy for narcissists and web geeks. Facebook already provides status updates – why complicate … More All Atwitter

The Dearlove quartet made the trip to Southern Ontario this weekend for Meillyn and Seamus’s wedding.  It was a highly-anticipated trip, as the boys had been looking forward to wearing their tuxedos and showing off their cool dance moves.  We all had a great time, and left Hamilton on Sunday afternoon with memories of a … More Wedding Photos