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There’s life here, Jim…
All right, admit it: at sometime in your past, maybe not in the last 24 months, you have entertained the possibility of a world ‘out there’. Perhaps in the distant past, right before the school bully snatched and stomped on your sci-fi comic, or maybe during a poignant Mulder-Scully moment. I know mine flashed with [...]
Double, double toil and trouble…
It’s transitioned from being discussed in hushed tones, if at all, for fear of reprisal, to being a central theme in popular culture. For twenty years (certainly feels like it!) the Charmed team has been battling the forces of evil; vanquishing demons and their satanic ilk with the power of three.
Demons, vampires, the satanic other [...]
The Making of Minds
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond,” said C.S. Lewis, the inspired creator of The Chronicles of Narnia. That the Narnia stories continue to enthral readers of all ages, some re-reading the [...]
Portrait of an era
It’s one of the best interviews I have heard: Peter Gzowski with Iggy Pop (1977); two men who would become icons, towering forces ushering trends in their spheres of influence. Off to a rocky start, the interview moved to a shakier middle before both participants emerged at the conclusion, it seemed, with a grudging respect [...]
It’s the little grey cells
So said that suave, canny Belgian detective, the model of my youthful detective ambitions: Hercule Poirot. Actually Poirot was one of several – there was the inimitable Mr. Holmes, the Wagner-loving Inspector Morse, the earthy Maigret; I rather fancied myself a spirited girl detective, kind of like the well-balanced, athletic Nancy Drew.
I expect there are [...]
The Bishop, in the Green Room, with the candlestick
I love a good mystery. Not so much the ‘where did I put that claim form I NEED to send off today?’ kind, but your garden variety crime thriller. On a sunny summer weekend, in the hammock, with a cold beverage nearby (yes, it is a balancing act), there’s almost nothing better than a spicy [...]
Racy history
The seasonal sales conference where Dundurn unveiled its stellar Fall 2010 titles, and the annual Ontario Genealogical Society conference, which opened today, has meant the past week at Dundurn has been a flurry of super activity. My missed blog last week, coincided nicely with the birthday of Robert Peary, the American explorer widely credited with [...]
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