Maudie (Dir. Aisling Walsh) Nova Scotia primitive artists Maud Lewis’ was born “crooked” and in some ways it shaped her destiny. She was treated like an outcast in her small village and a slave by her aunt who kept her against her will, but didn’t want her. Maud was fiercely independent and had a lot of smarts and common sense,… View Post
The War on Drugs must end. Its fundamental objective has been stymied: suppression of the drug trade. To the contrary, many aspects of that trade have flourished. A worldwide illegal market, dominated by gangsters, abounds, with only sporadic and limited interference by national and international authorities. The War has also imposed great social and human costs: massive imprisonment, tinged by… View Post
This event is born from our inner desire to help other woman live purposefully in the comfort of their own skin. Many women, feel imprisoned by their reality, lacking the ability to find purpose and opportunity in their current circumstance. Our objective is to help women identify and lock into their purpose by understanding the uniqueness and power of their S.H.A.P.E… View Post
As we sat down to our last meal in St. John’s, Newfoundland, after a busy week of activities and exploring in the city as well as around the Avalon Peninsula, I asked my 17 year old daughter if she would recommend Newfoundland as a family vacation spot for her friends. “Only my adventurous ones”, she said. Newfoundland is unlike any… View Post
Moonlight, dir. Barry Jenkins – This urban tale of a boy growing up disadvantaged on so many levels, is counter intuitive and that’s why it works. The music is anything but urban, it is classical, new age and choral. The film’s lyricism imbues the inner city with the beauty of a rural landscape, contrasting powerfully with the gritty street level… View Post
It took three years of my life to get Underdog – part memoir, part insider’s view of politics from a right-wing point of view – to print. If you’d asked me in the fall of 2013 if I wanted to invest the kind of time that was needed to write the book while working full-time at an already stressful newspaper… View Post