Time to move back to the real world – or as it is sometimes called – life – and that often means politics. In the province of Ontario during this past year, women have been front and centre politically – that now raises some questions for the rest of us. Should women be nicer to women politicians just because they are women? If we critique them as we do to men, does that mean we …
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Final countdown to the launch and a couple of diversions along the way!
Well, we are almost there! Saturday is the day! I didn’t expect to be as excited as I am. After all, this is my fourth book. But somehow, The Third Hole’s Launch party is going to be different!
Women – We are the Best – at least most of the time
The excitement is here! My first two books about the DeLuca family saga, Deadly Justice and Final Justice are being re-released by Iguana Books. And The Third Hole, my latest novel will be launched at the end of April. More details will follow over the next two weeks. The underlying story in my novels is about murder, sex, the Mob and in The Third Hole, the bad Russians and Israelis. But the story also focuses on …
The Company of Women – Simply the best! Part 3 – moving on
The story – so far. In 1991 I was sent to the Vanier Prison for Women for six weeks. My crime? I was a volunteer signatory on a renovation grant. My colleagues were never charged.
The Company of Women – Simply the best! Part 2
The girls and I are dining at Centro and as we started on our second bottle of wine, our conversation moved to new topics and entered a question and answer mode. Men, Books, Sex and the Vanier Centre for Women – not necessarily in that order.
The Company of Women – Simply the best! A three part story of friendship and fun
Blogs are often personal stories as this one shall be. But now I am having second thoughts about how much I should really share with you and how much I should edit in order not to shock, or offend those of you who will be reading it … especially now that so many of you do.
Payoffs. Right in our faces? You have got to be kidding!
Come on people – time to stand up and protest! When did it become okay for some politicians to hold their hands out right in front of our faces? Did you see the Section 37 and 45 war chests of some of our elected officials?
Politicians – Who are these people that we love to hate?
Past governments didn’t seem to care what we thought. Perhaps they believed that double standards and fiscal irresponsibility would become acceptable if practiced often enough…or long enough.
Mel Lastman Square
Have 25 years really passed since I chaired Mel’s re-election campaign? There was no park then – no stores, no restaurants, hardly any traffic and certainly no condo towers.
Ontario Place… How Sad
We used to dream about enhancing the sites with a sensory garden for those with sight and hearing problems – of using the Forum for the occasional educational presentation – of easier access via direct TTC – and even the possibility of a very special hotel on site.
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