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Remembrances of things past."Sister Rita, Do you wear a bra?"
In the initial years when I was a music student at Vincent d’Indy, I was taught by the nuns of Soeurs de Jesus-Marie. The school was in...


"Could you ask Peter to call Conrad?
“Can you introduce me to Conrad Black?” I asked Peter Bronfman. That’s how I landed up in a speedboat rolling up and down in the dirty...


From music to law......BUT WHY?????
Let me state right from the beginning: I never had a life long dream to become a lawyer The lifelong dream was to become a concert...


How to give up coffee!
Way back when.......in fact many years "way back when" - I read a story which stayed with me for "many years" When TV first came on the...


In the law practice, can the lack of experience be an asset?
That day I was a new intern going up to the floor in the courthouse where all the court rooms were. Next to me in the elevator, was...


"You should be paying me!" The client takes the spotlight.
He was a brilliant young lawyer with a brilliant future ahead of him. It was his first case. A fight over $25.The hearing was going to...


How I advised the Blacks at a large dinner they should follow the Jewish experience! You can just i
"Hi, are you the writer of You! be the Judge? I am Charlotte in Roanoke, Alabama. I've just started publishing a small paper. I came...


Passion and the Game. ”What They Learn on the Basketball Court Will Last Them a Lifetime”
“It’s amazing what kids can accomplish - in anything they do. If they know someone believes in them - that if they put everything they...


How did two black men from Montreal’s inner city land up creating a model for education - for blacks
How did two black men from Montreal’s inner city land up creating a model for education in general? That grew from a city basketball camp...


"Claire, don't forget to bring the turtles!"
I was in the office getting ready to leave for Ottawa. I had an appointment to meet with the people in the Customs department. My client...
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