When I was young, no one ever sat me down and told me that I could do anything I wanted. There were no pep talks about how I could...

About three weeks into my studies at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, my acting teacher, Mr. Gushee, asked me, "How did you hear...

A few years ago, my husband and I were at a production of Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway when the woman next to me pulled out a bag of...

Tonight, was one of those popcorn and banana muffin dinners I have very infrequently, but still more often than I care to admit. I didn't...

A few weeks ago, our next-door neighbour had guests staying at her B & B for the long weekend and for three days straight, they sat in...

At one time in my life, I lived in Los Angeles. It seemed like a crazy place for me to end up since I never had any inclination towards...

One day when I was barely two My Father took me to the zoo. Because I was too small to see, He had to lift and carry me. Inside his arms,...

The summer after my first year of theatre school, I was sleeping on the living room floor of my cousin's apartment in Toronto, trying to...

Maybe it's Covid-19, I'm not sure, but lately, I seem gripped by some kind of misanthropic anxiety attack whenever I make a trip to the...

At Vatican City, I overheard two American tourists with distinctly southern dialects discussing the beggars who were asking tourists for...

Last March, when the seriousness of Covid-19 hit home, I found myself wondering when I might be able to travel again. On dark winter days...

Sometimes when I can't sleep at night, instead of counting sheep, I count all the different places I've lived. When I was a kid, the...

A few Christmases ago, when in Paris, I happened to become friends with a homeless gentleman who frequented the corner at the end of my...

I was sitting in a movie theatre waiting to see Inception or Perception or Deception, some movie with a title that sounded similar, when...

My parents had the “talk” with me when I was in grade four. I came home from school one day armed with the knowledge that I knew how...

When I was growing up, my father would often refer to my mother's side of the family as though he were speaking in parenthesis. "Your...

I remember the moment I decided I wanted to be an actress. I was walking across the parking lot of my high school after an undoubtedly...

I was living in New York when one Sunday afternoon in late August, a boyfriend suggested we go and see the newly remastered Texas...

I was 19 years-old the first time I ever said the F-word. I remember it distinctly. I was sitting on the bleachers at the ball park not...

Before I read “Harriet The Spy” I used to carry around a small notebook into which I wrote little tidbits about people I saw on street...