My current favorite YouTuber, emmymadeinjapan , gamely tries a lot of very challenging, even impossible-looking recipes (when she's ...

Ruby Keeler was never my favorite 1930s dance star. In fact, I can think of few other dancers who are less nimble on their feet, or less...

The article I have reproduced below came out over a year ago, but I notice the Globe and Mail has let it stand. And that shocks...

When you're on a diet but need cake, watch someone else do this!

Tonight I listened to the Stravinsky Ragtime for the first time in 20 years, and for some reason cracked up laughing for most of ...

This is just another one of those strange things. A while ago I wrote about buying an old hard-cover copy of Colleen McCulloug...

A Fata Morgana is something that isn't. Like a mirage, it's a trick of light and atmosphere, usually seen over water, but more e...

I love trolls, and I have no money. Therefore I have to rely on "lots" - bundles of trolls sold for  a single price, usually ...