The Gentleman Bank Robber

Stephen Reid — March 13, 1950 — June 12, 2018

The Schneider Componon is Dead — Long Live the Epson & the Canon

M & Her Torn Fishnets

M is a beautiful and very good dancer who lives in Quebec. She has legs that could launch a batallion of foot soldiers…

The Little Prince & Vancouver’s Arts Umbrella Dance Company Show Off

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

That Bespectacled Librarian & Wragby Hall

Teversal Manor, near Mansfield, is widely thought to have been the inspiration for…

Lynn Sheppard, Zack Preece & Cordelia Pentland — 3 Marvels of Vancouver’s Arts Umbrella Dance Company

Monday, June 11, 2018

A Desert Fox in My Garden

English rose hybridizer Peter Beales (he died in 2013) had the botanical temerity of launching into the garden…

Corrective Memory at the Toy Store

I saw the Pixar film The Toy Store in 1996 and I never saw the connection with Max von Sydow (whom…

The Perils & Pleasures of Opening One’s Garden

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Laurén — A Present Apparition of the Past

In a recent trip to Mérida with my wife Rosemary we enjoyed what may be one of the…