Yearly Archives: 2009

 

After the meeting but still in Calgary

May 29

Last Sunday I got what will probably be my first and last tour of the Calgary Farmers Market. The place is Alberta-sized, and housed – for the moment – in a former airplane hangar at the Currie Barracks, which is … Continue reading →

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TWUC Calgary: Business & pleasure

May 25

This weekend’s Writers Union of Canada AGM, held jointly with the Writers Guild of Alberta, took place in the comfort of Calgary’s Hotel Arts – quite a step up from days of yore when we used to hunker down in … Continue reading →

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John Harvey’s 100th

May 18

Catch it while you can (till Friday): John Harvey on Front Row (about 19 minutes in), talking (with Michael Morpurgo and Nora Roberts) about being prolific. This is in part to mark his 100th book, Far Cry, which has just … Continue reading →

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Compost, Nettie Wiebe, Handmaid’s Tale and bird pests

May 18

Weirdness on the Gorge. Who leaves a tethered cat on a walkway frequented by dog-walkers? Operating as I do from a position of smug complacency atop my composter, I was comforted by this article about composting, and its assertion that … Continue reading →

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E-rights, Slow Food Youth, Farmers’ Markets and a poetry reading in a book fair

May 12

One of those cases that has dragged on for years is an interesting study in evolving technologies. When freelance writer Heather Robertson launched her case against the then Thomson news corporation in 1996, it was early days in data management. … Continue reading →

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