We had just disembarked from the ferry and needed to walk up a steep ramp to the platform to catch out connecting train into town. As I...

I was finally wrapping up my stay in Toronto and began packing for South Africa when a new security detail came on. The two agents...

Deborah, a friend (and former co-worker at a savings and loan who I briefly dated in real life in the mid 1980s in Los Angeles) who I...

I was asked to print some informational material for a provisional school that was opening for children whose parents were essential...

I was married to my ex-wife who called me from our apartment which was in the second floor of the three-flat where my grandparents and...

We had moved into a mid-rise apartment building but because our family was so large, we had to take two apartments on two different...

INTRODUCTION: From the day of its grand opening in 1989, I was a proud member of the very first service staff at the original Bub City...

I was asked by a friend to watch his music shop for a few hours while he ran some errands. He said it wouldn’t be busy and that few...

I just arrived in a town I'd never visited before and found my way to my hotel. The front desk clerk gave me instructions on how to use...

I was at trade fair with a delegation of clothing manufacturers. Our host was a tall, slender man who reminded me of the actor John...

I bid my daughters goodbye and returned home after a short family holiday as I needed to get back to work. Upon arriving home to our...

FRAGMENT 1: I was invited back to teach at a university I had taught at for many years, with the condition I interviewed with the new...

I was performing in a play at a theatre in Japan. On opening night, I was approached by the company director who asked me if I would like...

FRAGMENT 1: I walked into Bub City (perhaps for the first time in 25 years of having Bubmares, as a customer rather than "on my first day...

I had been visiting my parents and as they had gone away for the weekend, I decided to head over to the lakefront where many cultural...

I met up with an old friend, Eddie,* while driving in my yellow MGB convertible and he suggested we go somewhere and have a few laughs...

SEGMENT 1: I was driving out of the teachers' parking lot at the primary school where I was teaching when I noticed a little boy bullying...

I stopped by my grandparent's house on Maplewood to visit my great-grandfather, who I hadn't seen in some time. When I arrived, there...

I returned home from a long day at work and noticed the living room window was open all the way and rattling from the wind of an...

I returned home from a long day at work and noticed the living room window was open all the way and rattling from the wind of an...