I have been at home for almost two weeks. I don't know where the days slip away to. Some kind of timeless void that eats hours and memories. August will be December and I'll be dragging my artificial trees up from the basement and trying to fit the...
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Some days are so very odd. One second your heart is intact, and the very next it's splintered into a thousand shards of unfixable glass. I went out to fix my friend's garage door, as it had been open a few days and it needed to be shut as it's...
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Well, I survived my first day of LIVE radio. I mean I have done 40,000 interviews over the past 25 years, but nothing quite as nerve wracking as this morning was. I actually enjoyed the pressure. I think I do best when I am thrown into situations I...
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Well, I am sitting here typing this message from Anne Murray's guest bedroom. Funny how reality and complete fantasy can sometimes, although seldom, collide. Today we did a practice round of golf for her Colon cancer charity tomorrow. Thank God...
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It's hard starting anything. It's hard just deciding that you want to start. Everyday seems to go by and you're sitting there thinking to yourself that you need to decide to start something. I sat in front of a blank piece of paper for a...
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I am just back from taking Midi for a slushy walk around the capital. Dozens of languages floated past us as we walked past the National Arts center and rounded the Canadian version of the White house. It is the giant sandstone house on the...
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There are things that pop in my head like a tiny firecracker. bang. snap. sizzle. small. very little smoke....gone. They are just tiny pictures of things that don't always make sense. I feel like my brain is growing into space I didn't know I had....
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My parents drove to Vernon a few days ago. I gaze across the drive-way at their quiet house, looking for some movement;  a light going off and on, the flicker of the TV, a face in the window. It's just still. I stood on my deck the other night and...
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Well, here I am, on the brink of a brand new life it seems. I don't write about "work" here very much because I always want to keep these journal things very personal. But, this time, I want to include my work into the "personal" pile as it were.  ...
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Hey Everyone, Just a quick update from Vancouver. We're just about to head over to GM Place for the CCMA's. We've been in sunny Vancouver all weekend getting ready for the big event. Rehearsals have been great and the show is going to be a lot of...
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