I had a realization on the weekend that one of the best things anyone can do right now is put a bit of lightness into the world ....

The calendar on our fridge still says April. I guess six or seven weeks ago we must have imagined a return to normalcy or we wouldn’t...

I don’t think we took it seriously at first. Why would we? As relatively healthy 40-something adults we knew the drill. We knew about...

For us it started in Texas. By “us” I mean Sarah Smith, Ken The Zen, and myself – collectively known as the Sarah Smith Trio for the...

My friend and mentor Dale Anne Brendon – drummer extraordinaire and all around good egg – told me when all of this started that I should...

As I write this I’m sitting on one of the deep, soft couches at The Sugar Shack – a great studio in London where I’ve been lucky enough...

The truth is I’m not a particularly good drummer. I have no illusions about this. I’m a reasonably competent drummer and I can play...

So why now, podcast boy? Good question. The idea of doing a podcast has been on my radar for a few years, but thinking about it never...

On March 4, 1861, newly-elected President Abraham Lincoln delivered his inaugural address to the American people. The speech came on the...

You know, life is pretty clever sometimes. If you pay attention, if you’re open to the clues, there are messages everywhere that can be...

February 19, 2019 I owe this one to my friend, bandmate, and road roomie Deni Gauthier – singer/songwriter, artist, entrepreneur, and...

February 12, 2018 I want you to do something for me, faithful reader. I want you to look in the mirror, pretend you’re talking to a...

February 4, 2019 Do you have the patience to wait Till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving Till the right...

January 29, 2019 I unwittingly started this series on the Tao Te Ching with one of the first posts on my site, way back in October of...

January 3, 2019 Just about a year ago, as the clock was set to roll over into 2018, I did a post on this blog about small acts of...

This new man will not be ruled by ego. This new man will not be ruled by desire. This new man will let go of attachments. This new man...

December 17, 2018 It’s that time of year again. As 2018 comes to a close, people are reflecting, projecting, expecting, and, perhaps,...

December 3, 2018 I’ve had this one on my mind for a while, and it took the experience of my friend Seamus to shake it loose. If you’ve...

November 28, 2018 I chose today’s title carefully. If I wanted to use an uplifting song title, I might have borrowed Bon Jovi’s “Keep the...

November 22, 2018 I owe this one to my friend Anne Moniz – songwriter, guitarist, and one of the finest singers you will ever hear. I had...

November 14, 2018 This is part 2 of Wendy Huff-McRobb's guest blog. Read part 1 here. Three things I know after three months .... I do...

November 6, 2018 In July, I moved with my husband and son from Denver, Colorado, where we have lived for eight years, to Hamburg, New...

October 25, 2018 Well, it’s a brave new world, but I don’t feel so brave. Just thought you should know. I write all the time on here...

September 9, 2018 I haven’t posted on the blog in a while. I’ve been off in eastern Canada being a drummer with Sarah Smith, but that...

August 21, 2018 I did a post recently about nudges – those little tips and clues life sometimes gives to point people in a certain...

August 14, 2018 For the record, marijuana is not yet legal in Canada. Trust me when I say that what follows is a true story, unclouded by...

August 2, 2018 I don’t listen to CBC radio in the morning anymore. I used to. It’s been the background sound of my a.m. coffee ritual for...

July 16, 2018 Sometimes you just need a nudge. Well, sometimes you need a figurative brick over the head, but other times you just need a...

July 9, 2018 A sunny summer Sunday. A river. A canopy of green leaves. There is a lot that I could write about this week. A fender bender...

June 28, 2018 “Go all in.” That’s the message I seem to be hearing lately as I’m looking around at things. It’s in the podcasts I’m...

June 18, 2018 Okay, I’ll write about the book now. Really this piece is about the original message of the blog: Good things happen when...

June 11, 2018 We rehearsed for a couple of hours and then gathered in the Ferwerda family dining room for an unexpected treat: snert....

June 5, 2018 The show is over. The encores are played. The bows are bowed. These lovely people have cheered for us and asked for even...

May 30, 2018 I had something of a revelation at the Queens of the Stone Age show in London last week. (Sidenote: Terrific live band and...

May 24, 2018 I didn’t see aliens. That was a bit disappointing, because I’ve heard that some people have all sorts of weird and...

May 14, 2018 I was in Long & McQuade last week and I ran into my friend Alex Tirolese, who you may know as the bass player for London...

May 10, 2018 "This is more than just watching football, it's a way of life. It's caring about the beautiful game, about the values we...

May 1, 2018 “Why are you resisting?” Come again? “You’re resisting. Why?” A poignant and profound question, posed to me last week by my...

April 23, 2018 Technically speaking, I worked all weekend. I was at The Sugar Shack recording studio at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday morning to...

April 16, 2018 What do you do when things don’t go your way? That’s one of the two big questions I’ve got on my mind after this past...

April 11, 2018 Sometimes, if you ask (and pay attention), life serves up lessons in the least expected places. It happened to me today,...

April 3, 2018 Have you learned your lesson yet? That’s what life seemed to be asking me over the past week. Evidently the answer is no,...

March 26, 2018 I used to play in the Sarah Halabecki Band with a fabulous bass player named Richard Miron. Great guy. Consummate pro. One...

March 19, 2018 Sometimes the way forward is to create something. Other times the way forward is to quit something. For me, last week was...

March 12, 2018 I’ve been thinking about creation lately (that’s creation with a small “c” – I don’t think I’m ready to tackle religion on...

March 5, 2018 I’ve been thinking for the past couple of days about how lucky I am. It hit me on Saturday as I was driving along the 401...

February 26, 2018 I was thinking on the weekend about what I might write this week. I never quite know until the time comes what I’m...

February 20, 2018 “Uncertainty as a motivator. Discuss.” The instruction of my good friend Dale Anne Brendon, delivered two weeks ago in...

February 12, 2018 My friend Tim is up to his eyeballs in a major home renovation. He’s doing the work on his own. I don’t know how good...

February 7, 2018 Look, you don’t have to do it alone. In fact, for the most part I don’t even think it’s possible to do it alone, no...