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Bad Bunny & Leo XIV: The Altar Boy and the American Pope
I can’t believe I’m writing about the NFL for two weekends in a row. Well, not really football; rather about two icons of Latin America. But such is life – we writers find our inspiration everywhere. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images It’s been quite a week for Bad Bunny and it’s not over yet: last Sunday at… Read more
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NFL Playoffs. Seriously?
During one of our recent daily walks around the neighbourhood park, I was explaining to my wife about “point differential”, in this case specifically Michael Strahan’s comments prior to the NFL Wild Card game between the LA Rams and Carolina Panthers on January 10. “Let me stop you right there,” she said. “You should turn… Read more
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Moving To Barbados (Not)
It’s January now; the holidays are over and, up here in Canada at least, we’re in for a few more months of either gloomy skies or frigid temperatures. I’d say it’s time for a warm weather story. In the spring of 1980 I was scheduled to move to Bridgetown, Barbados. Back then, I was a… Read more
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What the Dickens
In my view, no other author epitomizes this season of celebration more than Charles Dickens. Hans Christian Andersen met Charles Dickens twice, first in 1847 and then again in 1857. Although the first encounter was brief and cordial, on the second visit, it seems the celebrated Danish author overstayed his welcome. Regular readers of these… Read more
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Crime and (Maybe) Punishment
I was watching CNBC some months back when I happened to come across a series called American Greed (not to be confused with the more famous American Crime Story). Little did I know that the series, which focused on corporate and white collar crime, ran for 15 years, and included 222 episodes. I’d say that’s… Read more
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The Fantastic Kingdom
Earlier this fall I posted about Harold Darling, Green Tiger Press and the world of children’s book illustration. Today my subject is David Larkin and Peacock Press (a part of Bantam Books), whose publications followed a similar path back in the mid 1970’s. During those years, I acquired a small collection of Larkin’s excellent publications… Read more
