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The Spectrum Has Many Hues

Daniel Tammet (striped shirt) having his picture taken at this year’s Blue Met literary festival. The photographer is Tammet’s husband, Jérôme Tabet. (Jim Withers photo)

Wayne paused and stared at me as though I’d just teleported in from S...

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Break Down the Wall

In front of the Lviv opera house in 2001. Everyone was out to make a buck. (BD photo).

Sometimes a story needs to be told a few times before it finds its moral. Here’s what I’m talking about:

In 2001, my brother Sterling and I were in Ukr...

11 days ago
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Faith Under Siege

Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral before it was damaged in a Russian attack. (Credit: Ihor Dereviahin)

Last week’s post touched on the war in Ukraine and several visits I’ve made to the land of my ancestors. I was going to follow up with somethin...

18 days ago
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The Problem Solver

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One day in spring 2022, I was at the garage where my wife and I get our car serviced. We were changing our winter tires for summer ones. An oil change was part of the seasonal ritual.

It was sunny afternoon with a promise of th...

25 days ago
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Decline and Fall?

The Palantine Hill in Rome: looking a little the worse for wear. (BD photo)

I hesitate to descend into commentary on the present state of the world, because there’s always so much of it going around. But the larder was bare this week, so h...

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  • Bryan Demchinsky

    Former Montreal Gazette editor. Still writing, still editing.

  • David Goldbloom

    I'm a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto who has retired from clinical practice and academic hospital life - so now I have more time to write.

  • Barbara Black

    Barbara Black Is a writer, broadcaster and museum docent in Dorval, Quebec.

  • Marianne Ackerman

    Montreal-based writer of journalism, plays, novels and short stories. Her new novel Oyster will be published by Dundurn Press in February.

  • Joe Neuhaus

    Joseph Neuhaus is a Montreal-based IT consultant specializing in enterprise software systems.

  • Joe Neuhaus

    A software architect with over thirty years of experience in business-to-business systems, machine learning, and technical management.

  • Cynthia Davis

    Cynthia Davis is a retired art therapist who finds meaning in creative expression in diverse media including painting, film, ceramics and writing.

  • mark abley

    Mark Abley is a longtime Montrealer now living in Gananoque, Ontario. His book "Numb: The Politics of Overwhelm" will be launched on Thurs., May 28, at Pulp Books in Verdun.

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