I’ve got a new article on butterfly gardening in Peterborough Kids, Lakeridge Kids, and Northumberland Kids magazines. It is a look at gardening for wildlife and how to get kids involved. You know, it’s not too late in the season to start your butterfly garden.
The print copy should be hitting the stands soon, but here is your Small Print preview: Butterfly Garden: Growing (and Sharing) an Eco-System It’s a warm and sunny day in late July. A Monarch butterfly spreads its wings and takes in the heat of the sun from its perch atop a slightly spiky purple coneflower. […]
The Lunchtime Concert Series, Episode 2. Carrion Street. Partly inspired by Dylan’s Desolation Row, it is more a series of character sketches put to music. The stock figures (The Humbled Actress, The Unknown Soldier, The Broken Rock Star, and the Politician) all end up populating Carrion Street — a kind of Skid Row of the […]
The joy of being a writer is that you get to work from home. Which means you can do things at lunchtime that other people don’t get to, like popping into your music room for a quick tune on the guitar. I was chatting about this online one day, and someone asked me to send […]
DJ Spooky, The Secret Song “DJ Spooky connects the dots between jazz, classical music, and the struggle to create new, dynamic relationships between old school hip hop and and 21st century’s rapidly changing info-culture landscape.” http://www.djspooky.com/art/the_secret_song.php 1. Intro- The War Of Ideas 2. 5 Million Ways To Kill A CEO- feat. The Coup 3. Multiphonic- […]
A preview of my editorial for the upcoming edition of Trent Magazine. We’ll be exploring the world of Trent University “foodie” alumnus and paying tribute to Tony Storey, who will be retiring from his long-served post of Director of Alumni affairs. Trent’s Splendid Feast I’ll be honest with you here. My main memories of food […]
i’ve been asked to help circulate a couple of media releases regarding an all candidates debate on the environment: PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CANDIDATES FACING ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS ON EARTH DAY April 21, 2011 – Peterborough, ON Earth Day and Week is an ideal time to ask federal candidates about their positions on the environment […]
Wondering what to do for Earth Day in Central Ontario? My article in Peterborough Kids, Lakeridge Kids, and Northumberland Kids will give you a few ideas. The print editions can be found all across Central Ontario — pick up your copy today. Here’s a .pdf of the article: Celebrating Earth Day