Monthly Archives: November 2009

The 19th and very last musical and dramatic Year of the Flood Event took place at the Fraser Auditorium of Laurentian University on November 19, after the Margaret Atwood Birthday Dinner. I arrived at the auditorium not knowing what to … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________ Every year, on or around November 18, Laurentian University in Sudbury,Ontario hosts Margaret Atwood’s Birthday. It’s kind of like Robert Burns’Birthday, with the advantage that I’m still alive. Or maybe it’s a disadvantage: dead poets are by definition more … Continue reading →

The Pictures: Two Birthday Cakes, From Santa Fe and Albuquerque; Wonderful antler arrangement at Los Poblanos in Albuquerque; Graeme with Mermaid, Los Poblanos Inn & Cultural Centre; with  Gene Grant of KNME TV in Albuquerque; Santa Fe Cathedral; vista at … Continue reading →

I haven’t spent more than 3-4 days at a time at home since August 20, but here are  few glimpses. I still can’t figure out how to get the pictures to go where I want them to: I need a … Continue reading →

The pictures: View from Kimpton Hotel Burnham window at night; Pile o’books, with Laura Baratto, Random Rep; Girl Interviewers from DePaul; beautiful chocolate box top, but Phoebe ended up with the chocs (how did that happen?) Phoebe Larmore, old-pal escort … Continue reading →

Every year, Bonnie Stern of Cooking with Bonnie Stern (www.bonniestern.com) selects a certain number of authors and their books. She reads the books, marking all the food passages in the text. Then she concocts recipes that go with the books. … Continue reading →

I’m not the best photographer and on-the-run snapshots always make people look a bit demented, but here they are. Jack Rabinovitch, King of the Giller; Elana Rabinovitch, She Who Must Be Obeyed, who runs the whole show, with many helpers … Continue reading →

The Pictures: The Ur Mole-A-Teers: LA, Orville, Ted Perlman, Nelson Bragg; NY, Orville, Ted, Ray Marchica ; Washington,  Orville, Louie Diller, Gregory McWhir; Chicago, Orville and Jane Bunell (piano). The Hour: George Stroumboulopoulos gets a Mole, plays piano for Mole … Continue reading →

Hello Twitterers: There were a lot of entries, with much variety. Hard to choose! Therefore, instead of picking just five winners I have picked the ones I thought were the most telling in three different categories, for a total of … Continue reading →