The Clever Pup

I originally posted this on Sept 3, 2009. I see that the book is about to hit the big screen with some big talent. Can't wait. It really...

A few years back I bought this cookbook at an open-air antique show about 45 minutes west of Toronto. “ A Years Dinners: 365 Seasonable D...

  If today were May 1st, 1932 and you didn't know what to cook for supper you might rely on a book like the one I have; A Year's Din...

Noomi Rapace and Rooney Mara, whose names are almost anagrams of each other, are actors who both play Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish and Ho...

Yesterday, November 12, I had the pleasure of meeting Clotilde Dusoulier, creator of the Chocolate & Zucchini blog, while she was here...

John McCrae, a Canadian soldier, doctor and a poet is best remembered for his poem, "In Flanders Fields". Born in Guelph , Ontar...

When we’re in Paris – we walk. Apart from being a little trepidatious of using the Metro, we have lots of time and everything is just so ...

My folks, a librarian and a library technician, would have loved this. I think it's a clever spoof of an already clever ad.

Why does anyone watch this pugnacious egomaniac anymore? Why do people want to watch others being yelled at? It's beyond me. We all know...

A battered old trunk bought for ₤100 at an auction at Agatha Christie's former home revealed more than what was bargained for. Literally...

Thora Dardel nee Klinkowstrom was born in Sweden in 1899. In 1919 she moved to Paris to live with her art-student brother who was studying i...

"I can't believe I'm on this road again." My sentiments exactly. Lately, when I’m heading up to my folks place on the f...

Did I ever mention that I like Rupert Bear? Could you guess? Rupert Annuals were a part of my early childhood with my English Grandmother se...

I'm repeating myself, yet again, but it's worth it. Here's Dylan Thomas', A Child's Christmas in Wales . It makes me n...

As the daughter of a small town librarian who took me on deliveries in the near north of Ontario in a bright yellow bookmobile, I was tick...

Born today in 1916, Roald Dahl wrote many books for adults but he is renowned for his children's stories. Here's the best list I cou...

A remarkable sketchbook containing over 80 spectacular watercolours by Count Amadeo Preziosi, is one of the highlights of London's Bonh...

I never liked Gertrude Stein. I think her poems are wretched and that she was a domineering, manipulating person. I don’t know what Alice B...

Oh, I've been searching for hours for the picture and article to go with what I am about to tell you, but no luck. I'll have to wing...