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"Claire, I gotta hand it to you. You got......!"
I was getting nervous. My client and I were in the middle of the process to change a Federal law, and I hadn't had any follow-up call...


An advertising manager discloses the secret of You! be the Judge's success.
The advertising manager of a paper out West once told me the reason for You! be the Judge’s success. “People are fed up with the law, fed...


The judge in You! be the Judge talks in dialogue. And one of the papers objected.
When I was one year into writing You! be the Judge, I became aware that my daughter – 15 years at the time – was writing with dialogue in...


"Executives don't serve ice cream cones!"
Before retirement, he had been an executive in Montreal. His wife had been the wife of an executive...a very feisty wife of the...


"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost!"
When my husband and i went skiing up north, he headed straight for the hills. I needed some time to adjust. So I headed straight for the...


Piano lessons were never this much fun....except when they include skits featuring Beethoven's &
The photo of the guys jamming it up outside the Mount Royal Metro brought back memories of how I tried to infuse fun into the piano...


Auntie Becky's magic...the essence of being human!
My auntie Becky was the most important person in my life. She was my mentor. She always looked at anything that happened with a 'glow'. A...


Auntie Beckie passed on her magic to me. And it still works...for hailing buses!
It doesn’t take much. You get on your bus. Looking the bus driver straight in the eye, you start with a greeting. And then you share...


A moment in time: Bus drivers are human. Even extraordinarily human.
I didn't believe i saw what was happening. As we were approaching a major intersection, I noticed a man hovering close to the driver. He...
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