Category: Storytelling
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The Vocabulary of Nice
‘Canadians are so nice!” I can remember my mother saying that when I was a young boy, new to Canada as I was. And it wasn’t a compliment. From an English woman finding her place in this new land it was sharp criticism. If her purpose was to pose a question, it worked. It has…
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First Impressions
Moving us to Canada was the greatest gift I have ever received, made all the more generous for the price my parents would pay over the decades ahead. All they knew lay behind them. All I would know lay ahead.
Tony with a capital T 