Pete's Blog & Grille

The house I grew up in was not very sports-oriented. My mom and dad subscribed to both the Sudbury Star newspaper as well as the bigger, ...

GROWING UP IN LAPLAND: That ’ s me sitting on my big brother Tom's knee, at somebody else ’ s birthday party When I was a little bo...

ROARCATS TEST: Iris doesn’t write between the lines so don ’ t expect to read between them. On the phone from Ottawa this morning, my...

For one hour a week, since mid 2017, I have gotten together with a small group at a local drop-in centre to discuss writing. Some people c...

My sisters are named — and pay attention, this is important — Mary Leona, Mary Charlene; Norma Ann, Bertholde Marie and Mary Hughiena. ...

En route to work yesterday I called in to a Toronto FM radio-station quiz show, I actually got on the air (!) and I won! Radio statio...

When I was a kid, we went to church a lot and at Sunday Mass, the ushers took up a collection. On some days, when the church was involved ...