Posts tagged "medium"

Closeup of waving American flag with light showing through it

05 July 2022

I feel the American

An immigrant's ode to homesickness on the Fourth of July.

Québec band Rosier performing in a hotel room late at night at the 2019 Folk Alliance conference in Montréal.

17 April 2022

The never-ending showcase

If you are a performing artist, you have to constantly prove your very existence — especially during a pandemic.

A woman wearing a red super-hero cape and blue eye mask in front of a gray, cloudy cityscape

17 April 2022

When will we be their heroes?

A poem about us.

A line with hundreds of bras of all colors hanging from it

16 April 2022

When I clicked on that underwear ad

Online shopping, irresponsible consumerism, hopes, desires and expectations.

A 1970s style woven leather handbag with gold chain strap

26 October 2020

Guichet Voisin - Adventures in banking

The true story that inspired a country song, from this American immigrant to Québec.

A small, blond-haired girl viewed from above, seated, wearing a plastic, jeweled crown and party dress

08 September 2020

The Queen of New England

A tall-tale of imaginary royal roots in Colonial New England – or "How I Lied To My Children".

Two sixty-something musicians standing side by side with their instruments, a fiddle and guitar

08 September 2020

When I'm 64

On being an aging musician during a pandemic and beyond.An ambivalent ramble about life as a musician from someone who’s been given the sudden gift of too much time to think.

07 September 2020

WordPress-MailChimp e-news

A hybrid WordPress-MailChimp newsletter model.

Closeup of a ripe raspberry surrounded by leaves, green bokeh background

04 August 2020

The raspberry patch

A summer poem.

12 January 2020

A kiss is still a kiss

Reconciling intimacy and self-worth after sexual abuse.

A young woman wearing glacier glasses sitting on a rock in the Badlands with a blue sky and horizon spread out behind her.

12 January 2020

The road trip

Lost and found in the 1980s.

Posterized photo of male lower torso wearing boxer shorts

07 January 2020

Exhibitionism and entitlement on social media

A tale of exhibitionism, sexual harassment and male entitlement on Facebook Messenger.

Two old dogs standing quietly in a snowstorm.

07 January 2020

Old dogs, new tricks

Being ahead of – and keeping up with – the times.

Cropped image of a young woman wearing a shiny satin mini-dress with a puffy skirt; her hands are crossed in front of her waist and one knee is bent.

06 January 2020

Ladylike

A hard-earned, lifetime's worth of lessons on how to behave.

A rust-colored teapot on a workbench with guitar electronics and a foot pedal added to it to give the impression that it could generate sound.

17 May 2016

Analog-to-digital conversion

A middle-aged technical love story.

Fiddler wearing baseball cap, playing on a bench in front of a camper

17 May 2016

Excusez-là! - Excerpts from an endless trip

Excerpts from an endless trip through the universe of traditional Québécois music. A 101 of Québec trad music.

Colorful fishing lures on a wooden plank

11 May 2016

Fish tale

Unpublished tall-tale originally pitched as part of a promotion for a prominent fish restaurant.

A heart drawn in snow on the window of a car in winter

11 May 2016

French kiss

A Northern poem about love's beginnings.

20 July 2013

Making up

A story pitched as part of a promotion for an exclusive inn. Thankfully, the story required a two-night stay for research purposes.