The Music In Me book now availble at Indigo

Some people don’t believe in angels. I do. This is a story of how one entered my life, left it … only to return again, years later. But, this is no Hollywood presentation with soft music and predictable outcomes. When I first met this woman, she was an austere person: strict and countenancing a matronly…

Lately, I have been consumed by the concern over my mother’s deteriorating condition (due to Dementia) and the arrangements for her passing. She can no longer live independently – her bad days gradually outnumbering her “good” days. But, having an ordinary relationship with my mother has been difficult. ·        A divorce when I was twelve,…

With this series of articles, we’ve been reviewing the lyrics from the music of our lives. Many may not realize just how pervasive music is with us. If you don’t think so, try thinking of just one of your favourite songs …  right now. Can you also remember what you were doing and where you…

“There are places I remember all my life/ though some have changed” – In My Life by John Lennon John Lennon’s words filled my heart today as I gazed out the restaurant’s windows to see the hectic Christmas scene outside: cars racing about parking lots, people in hurried motion and trains going on through. I…

“It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today When dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me” — At Seventeen by Janis Ian I never saw it coming … only a blur, really … when at age 12, the sting of a wet tea towel…

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