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I don’t think I’ve stopped to take more than two breaths after the Thanksgiving weekend. Teaching my class in freelance travel writing at UBC is keeping me quite busy, and this is what we call the ‘silly season’ in broadcasting. … Continue reading →

I’m writing this on board a BC Ferry bound for Horseshoe Bay and eventually a bus to Vancouver. It’s Thanksgiving Monday, and EVERYONE has chosen to return home at the same time as I did. Major line-ups, especially for foot … Continue reading →

Here I am in Toronto again, on union business again, but with slightly better food this time. Fellow food writer Chris Johns and I visited La Fenice on King Street West. This tastefully-appointed Italian resto is right in the middle … Continue reading →

Just on a short trip to Toronto to visit some family and take care of some union business. (That’s another hat I wear, president of the freelance branch of the Canadian Media Guild) I always try to get to a … Continue reading →

I’m writing this in the air above Prince Rupert, on BC’s wild North Coast. I’m on my way to meet the Hawkshaws, Fred and Linda, who are going to take me out on their commercial fishing boat looking for pink … Continue reading →