A travelling group of my friend, me and five kids, ages 9, 12, 12, 15 and 15 waited in line at the Toronto Coach Terminal for the 9pm Mega Bus to Washington DC. The weather was hot, hot, hot. When the bus arrived, a few minutes late, we realized it was the single level version which was perfectly fine with me. We showed our confirmation number to the bus …
Recently I visited The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army exhibit at Toronto, Ontario’s Royal Ontario Museum. I was not disappointed. This is the largest collection of artefacts relating to the Warrior Emperor ever displayed in North America. Included are ten life sized terracotta figures. Discovered in 1974, the tomb of Warrior Emperor Ying Zheng is the largest tomb complex in China. Eight thousand full sized terracotta warriors and …
I’m basking in the after glow of a fabulous week. No, I haven’t just returned from Paris, Hawaii or Prague. Instead, I’ve just completed a jam-packed week of seminars, critiques and classes with The Humber School for Writers.This annual seven day program is described as “Jet fuel for the literary mind.” It didn’t disappoint. With prominent writers such as Elizabeth Abbott, David Bezmozgis, Wayson Choy, Anthony DeSa, Bruce Jay …
Today was a perfect day to visit the Toronto Zoo. The sun was out, the air warm and both humans and animals were in high spirits. The Toronto Zoo never fails to delight and always seems to have some type of upgrade in the works. I’ve never visited and not discovered something new. Today we were entertained by the Polar Bears along the Tundra Trek, the gorillas including an …