Friday, September 16, 2011

Mauritius Off the Beaten Path

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Alliance Française of Toronto is celebrating International Creole Month with Mauritius, Off the Beaten Path, a photography s...
Saturday, September 03, 2011

Mauritius

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Mauritius is very much on my mind these days. I visited the island with intense emotions a few weeks ago. First there was the high school re...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

The Rainbow Catcher

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I would like to introduce you to my friend Chrisly Cheung, and her collection of short stories tit...
Monday, July 18, 2011

Summertime

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Summertime and the livin' is easy ... One of these mornings You're gonna rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And take...
Monday, June 27, 2011

The Silence of Writing

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I was in the country to work on my novel. Croaking frogs, twittering birds, and buzzing insects kept me company. This communion with nature ...
Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Forgiveness

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When times are tough, I often find solace in quotes that remind me of our universal need for love, kindness and compassion. Forgiving those...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Art in Paris

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Ah, a week in Paris. Reading and writing in cafés and bistros, wandering on cobblestoned streets, checking photography galleries, discoverin...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Celebrating architecture and successful friends

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One of the good things about getting older is to see hard-working friends who shared modest beginnings (like living in warehouses, driving b...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

About the unforeseen in art

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"The unforeseen is the most beautiful gift life can give us. That is what we must think of multiplying in our domain. … Art is inconcei...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Music at De Sotos

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Since I last wrote about the open mike that my talented friend Anthony Abbatangeli hosts at De Sotos , singers, guitarists, drummers, sax...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

February in Toronto

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There's something fragile about February. Dried-up vine leaves that cling delicately onto branches, icicles that hang precariously from ...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Mauriciens enfants de mille races

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I've been reading books about Mauritius. Mauriciens enfants de mille races and Mauriciens enfants de mille combats by Jean-Claude de L...
Monday, January 03, 2011

Lynda Covello at The Reservoir Lounge

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A great beginning to the New Year. My dear dear friend, Lynda Covello, the lawyer with the sultry, seductive voice, is singing at The Reser...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season

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Saturday, December 04, 2010

December's wintry beauty

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When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been open...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

A very sad loss

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Words cannot express the pain my family and I feel from the tragic loss of my brother's wife. Helene was so sweet, gentle, and kind. M...
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Saturday, October 09, 2010

The High Road

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Terry Fallis has done it again. The High Road, the sequel to his award winning novel, The Best Laid Plans is a compelling read. With enough ...
Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Gandhi on love

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I was in Mauritius for a short trip and walked for a long, long stretch along this beach at Flic en Flac. It was so calming to watch the wav...
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Moving on with love

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Time is flying. I feel as if I'm riding on summer 's overheated and restless wings. Going through major changes in my life right now...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

A sad day for Toronto

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I expected peaceful demonstrations and was shocked by the violence on Toronto Streets. It is sad to see so much energy spent on destruction....