Conspiring against conspiracy theories
Calgary Herald, Nov 4, 2017: I wasn’t sure what to do when I realized the guy at the party wasn’t joking around. As he got into the details of the […]
Category Archives: columns
Skulls: Some we know + some we don’t
Calgary Herald, Oct 7, 2017: Plastic skulls will start appearing on lawns throughout the city any day now. If you think it’s too early for Halloween stuff, consider the skulls […]
Your brain at wine o’clock
Calgary Herald, April 8, 2017: A friend of mine, with whom I have consumed countless glasses of wine over many, many years, used to say the second glass of the […]
Next stop for that old T-shirt …
Calgary Herald, Oct 3, 2016: I don’t know what to do with my Scooby Doo T-shirt. I had forgotten all about it until I found it at the bottom of […]
Talking to Americans Nov 9
Calgary Herald, Nov 7, 2016: One more sleep until the U.S. presidential election. I don’t know about you, but I haven’t looked forward to something ending this much since childbirth. As […]
What me worry? 6 hacks
Calgary Herald, August 2, 2016: There are so many things to worry about these days, it can be a challenge to fit them all in. A quick back of the […]
Pearls of wisdom: Highlight reel
Calgary Herald, July 4, 2016: The newsprint has yellowed and there’s a water mark on the obituary that I ripped out of the paper and stuck to the fridge with […]
Do our dogs love us back?
Calgary Herald, June 6, 2016: I miss him about 100 times a day. I come around the corner and expect to see him sprawled out on the floor. I glance […]
Daydream. It’s good for you
Calgary Herald, May 2, 2016: Do you ever buy a lottery ticket and spend the next few days fantasizing about how you’d spend the money? If you haven’t had the […]
The lost art of reading in the age of information
Calgary Herald, April 7, 2016: Before I even rolled out of bed the other morning, I read a heartbreaking story about a British woman whose husband drowned saving their son, […]
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