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Baking Day
On Saturday, December 3 I spent the day baking shortbreads with my sister-in-law Evelyn. I had a huge project ahead of me as I intended to make dozens more than last year. In lieu of Christmas cards, I'm giving out my mother's famous shortbreads. I got up early and started punching them out using her old but indestructible cookie gun. At first I ( Read more... ) -
Culture Club
On Wednesday, November 2 vavaverity and I saw Culture Club in concert at Rebel club in Toronto (formerly known as the Sound Academy). It was the original group lineup supplemented by a keyboard player, another guitarist and drummer, small brass section and three backing vocalists. Concert-goers who were around sixteen when Culture Club first broke out in the ( Read more... ) -
Mom, two years later
On November 12 at 11.45 p.m. I rode my bike to my mother's condo and relived the moment two years ago when I discovered that she had died in her sleep. I rode to the back of the condo where our unit was and I looked up at the apartment. It was all dark except for the living room window. Although we had sold the condo in January 2015, I do not know ( Read more... ) -
Pete Burns of Dead Or Alive
I kept my own Top 10 Singles Charts from 1983-2001, and Dead Or Alive as well as lead singer Pete Burns made four appearances ( Read more... )
