The Plague-Ground – One to Think. One to Blink.
Two weeks ago, I was searching for toney ways to keep us entertained at night. Enough of Tiger King! Bring on King Lear! Today, I’m
April 22, 2020
August 9, 2021
Tags: covid-19
The Plague-Ground – In Defence of Curiosity
In the rush to find a vaccine, let’s not forget the rush to find whatever your curiosity leads you to. It’s easy to think one
April 21, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – Would you buy the middle seat?
This week, William Shakespeare will be 456 years old. We should care because the temple to his genius, the Stratford Festival, is in dire straits. Stratford’s
April 20, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – Who’s in your basement?
Imagine you tune in to the Prime Minister’s daily pandemic briefing today and hear him say this: “We are now ready to open the American
April 17, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – Quick, what’s your postal code?
On Monday night, I logged into my online bank account. I keyed in my Username and my Password, just as I’d done a thousand times
April 16, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – Is time just nature’s way of keeping everything from happening at once?
One April 1st morning long ago, my clock radio awakened me to the CBC host announcing that since Canada was shifting to metric for measuring
April 14, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – A Masterclass in The School of Life
Feeling a vague need to lead a better life? Time hangs heavy on most of us. We’re feeling under threat and floundering for a new
April 13, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – The pundits pile on.
The past week has seen a sharp rise in the number of cases of punditry. It’s especially harrowing in countries with large numbers of columnists,
April 10, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, DADDY? MOMMY?
A month into the greatest cataclysm since World War II, its effects on us are beginning to become clear. Aside from a lot more baking
April 9, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – The Cruelty of Strangers
Remember the final scene from A Streetcar Named Desire? Blanche DuBbois (played by Vivien Leigh) famously says to the doctor leading her away to an
April 8, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – Will how you voted determine if you live or die?
I’ve not written about Donald Trump because bashing my head against the wall is not one of my top self-care activities. Besides, reading about Donald
April 6, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – What are you doing at 12 noon on Sunday?
GO TO YOUR PORCH OR BALCONY. Like you, I’ve sung O Canada hundreds of times. Like you, I can remember nearly none of them. But
April 4, 2020
August 9, 2021
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