This time each year something happens here with the grinding regularity of stores starting to play X-mas music the day after Halloween. And like the stores and their premature musical Ho Ho Ho, our version annoys me to no end as well. So what is it? It’s people here wingeing about — ...

“There’s a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen It was winter and I was mad. “You can’t play with us,” my brother said, tossing rubber pucks on our backyard rink. I waved my stick around and skated backwards. I pointed to my Canadians jersey as ...

When you’re a kid, you believe you can be anything. Astronaut, Olympic Athlete, long lost princess — no matter how far-fetched these aspirations might seem to the drab adult world, to a child, these are the dreams of possibility. Somewhere around middle school, the limitations of ...

“I never met a lasagna I didn’t like.” — Garfield Indeed — what’s there not to love about lasagna? It’s a favorite winter comfort dish. No matter how you make it, it’s a popular crowd-pleaser. Made with alternating layers of pasta, cheese, and sauce, with meat and/or ...