The following are relatively recent items I’ve written and had published elsewhere. NOTE (Jan 11, 2012): Brunswick News has recently moved to a pay model so Daily Gleaner items are not available without a subscription.
- Lessons about life: fear, bullying and being yourself – Daily Gleaner
- Hopes and plans for the year ahead – Daily Gleaner
- Sticky cats, no snow and my dad’s from Bethlehem – Daily Gleaner
The rest:
Thoughtwrestling (blog contributor)
- Wonder – January 25, 2011
- A list in which I tell you what to do in 2011 – December 14, 2010
- Asking questions — where creativity begins – November 25, 2010
- Nothing more to say — the secret brain – November 18, 2010
- Imitate and find your authentic voice – October 5, 2010
- The hardest thing you’ll ever do — August 3, 2010
- Creative energy is air – July 20, 2010
- Mental energy and physical health – July 14, 2010
- The Canadas – July 1, 2010
- The Shallows: review of Nick Carr’s book – June 21, 2010
- What gardening taught me about getting it done – June 15, 2010
- Exuberance fuels creativity: book review – June 8, 2010
- The physicality of creativity – June 1, 2010
- The other creativity problem: too much too – May 13, 2010
- How do you stay mentally fit? – May 4, 2010
- Muhammad Ali – Thoughtwrestler – April 29, 2010
- Can we choose to be creative? – April 23, 2010
- Complexity is really pretty simple – April 14, 2010
- The other end of the telescope – March 31, 2010
Fredericton Daily Gleaner (opinion)
(These are from a column referred to as “Community Triple Take” — three writers, one topic. I’m one of the three writers. NOTE (Jan 11, 2012): Brunswick News has recently moved to a pay model so Daily Gleaner items are not available without a subscription.)
- Lessons about life: fear, bullying and being yourself – January 17, 2012
- Hopes and plans for the year ahead – January 3, 2012
- Sticky cats, no snow and my dad’s from Bethlehem – December 20, 2011
- Beautiful, artsy, old-fashioned – that’s Fredericton – November 22, 2011
- Reflections on soldiers and war during Veterans Week – November 8, 2011
- What do you want that you do not have? – October 11, 2011
- When drunk, we do things we would never do sober – September 13, 2011
- Epilepsy is just part of the landscape – August 22, 2011
- What are we lacking in Fredericton? – August 16, 2011
- No consensus on animal-nuisance issue – July 19, 2011
- The critical importance of getting an education – June 21, 2011
- Downtown is definitely the place for tourists – June 7, 2011
- Liberals may be down, but not out – May 10, 2011
- Royal Wedding – everyone’s interested in the details – April 26, 2011
- Something to vote for not against – April 12, 2011
- Fredericton’s best kept secret: Unassumingly extraordinary – March 29, 2011
- More unified in opinion, less political in approach – March 15, 2011
- City or country living? It’s all a matter of what you want – March 1, 2011
- Ideas on how to make our community better – February 15, 2011
- Making the best of winter – February 1, 2011
- This is who I admire most – January 18, 2011
- Christmas is about sharing with others – December 21, 2010
- R – E – S – P – E – C – T: A life lesson for kids – December 7, 2010
- Literacy is well within our reach – November 23, 2010
- Recreation in the city: What’s loved, what’s ignored – November 9, 2010
- Hopes for the Alward (New Brunswick) government – October 26, 2010
- Whatever happened to cleaning up? – October 19, 2010
- What are your thoughts on Thanksgiving? – October 12, 2010
- We complain about TV, but we still watch – September 28, 2010
- City’s identity tied to students – September 14, 2010
- The lottery: what will I do with all the money? – August 3, 2010
- New Brunswick needs to strut its stuff – July 20, 2010
- Tell me no lies and show me your ledgers – June 21, 2010
- Bus, bike and bipedal motion are better options – June 8, 2010
- Cellphones both a blessing and a curse – May 25th, 2010
- There’s nothing more rewarding than making a difference – April 27th, 2010
- Have smokers lost too many rights? – March 30th, 2010
- Spring is a troublemaker – March 16th, 2010
- Success of Vancouver Olympics – March 2nd, 2010
- Car-pedestrian accidents – February 2nd, 2010
- Earthquake in Haiti – January 19th, 2010
- Making 2010 memorable – January 5th, 2010
- Favourite Fredericton places – October 27th, 2009
Other
- Healing – January 7, 2011, fiction (Rose City Sisters fiction blog)
- Christmas in Connecticut (review) – December 18, 2010 (Piddleville)
- Movie review: Gaslight (1944) – November 13, 2010 (Movie With Me blog)
- Movie review: River of No Return (1954) – October 12, 2010 (Movie With Me blog)
- Movie review: The Quiet Man (1952) – September 15, 2010 (Movie With Me blog)
- Eggs benny and the details of craft – September 2, 2010 (Urban Deli)
- Movie review: In a Lonely Place (1950) – August 17, 2010 (Movie With Me blog)
- Movie review: The Thin Man – Elegantly charming (funny too) – August 9, 2010 (Movie With Me blog)
- Movie review: Consequences lead to The Awful Truth – July 25, 2010 (Movie With Me blog)
- Movie review: My Man Godfrey – the definition of screwball – July 18, 2010 (Movie With Me blog)
- Leopards and actors and Cary Grant – March 3, 2010, guest blogger (MovieFanFare – originally published on Piddleville)
- I’ve never been to Pasadena – October 16, 2009, fiction (Rose City Sisters fiction blog)

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