The plaque on the wall said it hadn’t been rung since July 1st 2002. Well that was about to change...
Life Lessons – Bringing Mental Health To Class
You’d think having travelled out of the lonely wasteland of mental illness and learnt to manage my condition, I’d be great at nurturing awareness of emotional health in others. Dr Kutcher made me realize there was much more I could be doing for my children...
What made you become a Muslim?
There are times when the faith I connect with seems a different animal viewed through the eyes of others. I wonder if I still count as a Muslim when I disagree with so much it’s purported to represent...
Childhood Is A Foreign Country
At five I played ‘Ring-O-Ring-O-Roses’ and ‘What’s The Time Mr Wolf’. I went to birthday parties, passed the parcel, ate cubes of pineapple and cheese off cocktail sticks without ever wondering why, and danced unabashedly to ‘The Birdie Song'...
Wherever The Fancy Takes You
J & T returned to school today and already the summer seems like a memory. I wrote this piece last week - it feels a million miles away right now...
Back-To-School With A Snowbird Fly-Past
For the students of Captain Michael VandenBos Public School here in Whitby, the first day back after summer break holds an extra frisson of excitement...
