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Continue reading →: Call for submissions: Nightwood Theatre’s Fempocalypse 2022Image: Fempocalypse 2022 Neo-Stalgia logo, featuring the title “Fempocalypse 2022” in neon pixelated font and the word “Neo-Stalgia” in script font, with a linear globe image to the left of it and a cursor arrow to the right. Graphic design by Natércia Napoleão. Hey, all—Nightwood Theatre has a call for…
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Continue reading →: Life lessons from ScrabbleImage: A pile of Scrabble tiles, with the A, U, Q, R and T tiles on top. Photo by Wokandapix on Pixabay. Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve been playing a lot of Scrabble. And we’re talking old-school board game Scrabble, not online or via an app—and, since I…
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Continue reading →: Finding my voice again: a work in progressImage: A vintage microphone, with sound waves vibrating in the background. Photo by stux on Pixabay. It’s been almost two years to the day since I posted my intention to take a break from the blog to consider a new direction—ruminations that ultimately resulted in the transition from a reviewing…
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Continue reading →: Guest post: Jeff Cottrill on the inspiration for Hate StoryImage: Hate Story cover, designed by Brett Bakker. The grim reaper rises up between silhouettes of a man and a woman, speech bubbles floating like ghosts. Subtext reads: Online shaming is a myth … or is it? Above the title, a blurb from Giles Blunt, bestselling author of the John…
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Continue reading →: Word of the year 2022Image: The word “kindness” carved into a river rock, on a bed of river rocks. Photo by Allihays on Dreamstime. Several years back, I was inspired by Boss Lady Mondays co-host Lisa Humber to start choosing a word to live by for the year. For a couple of years, my…
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Continue reading →: Call for artist submissions: Jan 12 deadlineThe word “ART”, spelled out vertically in well-loved wooden alphabet blocks. Photo by the blogger. Hi all, just received this alert from the folks at Shakespeare in Action: CALLING ALL ARTISTS! Shakespeare in Action, Central United Church & The Weston Historical Society invite artists to submit works or proposals for a…
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Continue reading →: Theme song of the year 2022The sunrise breaks through clouds at dawn over grassy hills, a mountain range stretching out in the background. Photo by kareni on Pixabay. Hey again. So, my theme song for 2022 is… <drum roll> … Aerosmith’s Dream On. What’s your theme song for the year?
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Continue reading →: It was a very yearImage: A rollercoaster. Photo by Pedro Velasco on Unsplash. As we gradually wrap up 2021 and celebrate the holidays, I’ve been taking stock of the past year. The good, the bad and the ugly. The holiday is both very different and much the same this year; we now have vaccines,…
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Continue reading →: Top 10 holiday movies (+ a bonus)Although holiday music, movies and television have been running since November, I like to wait till December 1 before diving into my holiday favourites. Here, in no particular order, are my 10 favourite holiday movies (some are set during the holidays and not so much about the holidays). A Christmas…
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Continue reading →: Book blurbs for fun: Missed ConnectionsTime for another book blurb: Brian Francis’ memoir Missed Connections, published by McClelland & Stewart/Penguin Random House Canada—I got my copy from Glad Day Bookshop (Toronto). I also saw the SummerWorks 2018 production Box 4901. Those who saw Brian Francis’ SummerWorks 2018 stage production Box 4901 will recognize the personal…
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