Which is not the same as the Blow-Out! It was more extravagant. On December 8th we were in Montréal in the morning and Calgary in the evening. Arrived with a carload of poetry-and-literature fans from Edmonton and we made our way down to the Lunchbox Theatre, which is a classy little space somewhat buried in the mall-like maze that is indoor downtown Calgary. We ended the night at the Bear and .

The Cleverest Conspiracy Of All. Some ancient battle between darkness and light, truth and deception, seems to be continuously reenacted on the world stage. It is a drama of operatic dimensions that could easily grow a religion or two about it. Who will save us from the lying demagogues of democracy, the chorus asks. Who shall deliver us from the seductive pit of propaganda? The cleverest and most cunning conspiracy of them all is the one you delude y.

Sunday, January 02, 2011. I mostly ignored this blog in 2010. Sometimes it was the elephant in the room. I had a lot on my plate, both because of job searching and then starting a new career, and because of other, very fundamental, changes in my life. And I found myself not writing. Which makes the whole thing funny, when you think about it. Did you hear the crickets chirping? Tuesday, .

Recipes and culinary adventures of a busy family. Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Delegated the cake-making to a teenager.