For now, you can check out my summer blog.

In Defence of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan is a welcome and long-overdue addition to the myriad of books available on food issues. Its greatest appeal will be to those people who are tired of trying to explain why they don’t drink pop, why they spend a lot of time in the [...]

Christopher Paolini has released the title of the next book in the Inheritance series which began with the popular Eragon. In announcing the title on his website, Paolini explains: 
“Brisingr is an Old Norse word for “fire.” As you may remember, in Eragon, Brom uses the word brisingr to start a fire. This is the first [...]

Just finished reading Two Foot Punch by Anita Daher and the biography A Lion’s Tale by Chris Jericho (see post below). Both books are excellent.  The two students who have so far borrowed copies of Anita’s book from my library have given Two Foot Punch two thumbs up as well. Reading my own copy, I especially enjoyed [...]

My school’s Grade 9 Drama class performed an amazing shadow play as part of our Remembrance Day services today. As Don Maclean’s mournful tune The Grave played, the students acted out the words of the song in silhouette behind a white background backlit by an overhead projector. The effect, with the students acting out the [...]