From George Orwell at the Café Royal : The coming of the Hitler regime in 1933 had a chilling effect…
This is a follow-up to The Queen of Mean and one of a series about Headlands Grammar School and what…
When Senior Mistress Miss A. Jacob retired from Headlands School Mr.Magson had this to say in the school magazine: Two…
I've long thought that the word retreat should not be linked with strategic planning. It's a bit of a misnomer…
Everyone who ever had Merv Comrie as a teacher at Headlands has a story to tell. Merv left an indelible…
Before I learned to be afraid of Miss Jacob I was terrified by Miss Almond. First week, first form at…
The schools we attend and work in help shape the people we become. Seven of my sixty plus years in…
Always fun to find half-remembered books. One bonus of this decluttering lark is that you find so many of them.…
These days find me busy clearing and chucking, sorting and sifting, storing and saving. Three truck loads of stuff cleared…
A recent visit to Montreal found us at the MAC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal Fortified with coffee and breakfast…
It's a late afternoon on a winter Saturday of my childhood. And that means the big Ferguson radio - the…
When a re-wired, pack-rat educator takes a deep dive in the basement there's no telling what she will find in…
In September we heard Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation with Oprah Winfrey at the Apollo in NYC. The topic was his…
Before all the leaves are down take a moment to look up. This is Innisfree Garden last Saturday. Big Halloween…