That's the title of a book I bought, just on a whim recently. It's an interesting book and I first heard about a few months while ago on an On Point podcast. The idea is simple, it's a book on the best time to do things. From the best time of day...

One of the things I continually find a bit stranger here in Ottawa is how little people seem to pay attention to Remembrance day. The kids don't get off school, almost all stores are open (though apparently they have to open at 12:30, as this store ...

So I was inspired by XUP's post this past week. It reminded me of some of the hilarious tourist stories that i experience during the 16 months I worked at the NCC's info-centre across from Parliament Hill. It was a lot of fun, got to brush up on my...

Well first of all here's the question I should've asked on Tuesday night: What have you learned about the form of biography in writing your books? I have found it fascinating as a reader to see how each of the authors in the series has interpreted not...

How annoying fire alarms can be! We were woken up last night by a fire alarm at 5:00 a.m. For the first time in a while my wife and I debated whether to go downstairs. We had a rash of them a while back, and they were always in the morning. I always...