Editorial
For Openers
Posted on March 19, 2019BY MADONNA HAMEL “It was Napoleon who had such a passion for chickens that he kept his chefs working around the clock.” “The most influential… Read More »
Let Us Hold Each Other With Our Stories
Posted on March 15, 2019BY MADONNA HAMEL “We tell ourselves stories to keep ourselves alive”, writes essayist and novelist Joan Didion. This appears to be her most-often quoted phrase.… Read More »
No Really, Trust Me
Posted on February 21, 2019BY MADONNA HAMEL I'm sure this has happened to you: You're reading something online and an annoying ad beneath your article interrupts your flow to… Read More »
Great food, great company and lemons in nozzles
Posted on February 21, 2019BY MARCUS DAY Let us unite in praise of fabulous food. Let us toast occasional indulgence. After all, the dreamy sensation following a sumptuous meal,… Read More »
Behold the Turtle
Posted on February 14, 2019BY MADONNA HAMEL Yesterday the temperature plummeted to -46. I was expected in Gravelbourg to tell some stories to a group of “tots” at the… Read More »
Behold the Patron Saint of Inadequacy
Posted on January 17, 2019BY MARCUS DAY There is a scene near the beginning of Silence of the Lambs in which Clarice Starling executes a well-aimed jab at Hannibal… Read More »
One, one full basket
Posted on January 10, 2019BY MADONNA HAMEL This afternoon Avril and I return to Canada. Yesterday was our last visit with the donkeys and the dogs at the Sanctuary...'for… Read More »