by Laurie Ness Gordon | Dec 17, 2024 | Writing
Disillusioned with his job in a Toronto design firm, Len Senater was seeking a more meaningful direction. When he found a moribund convenience store for sale near his home, he decided to buy it. Being the age of pop-up restaurants and shared working spaces, he hoped...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 31, 2024 | Home Page, Writing |
Happy Halloween! Rod Carley, author of Ruff, is pictured here with me at last night’s event at Tir Nan Og. Set in Shakespeare’s England, Ruff uses humour to explore art, politics, gender and other issues that resonate in today’s society. Thank you to...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 8, 2024 | Finding Home, Home Page
Kingston streets were recently transformed into scenes of London, England in 1912 for the filming of 300th episode of Murdoch Mysteries. Yannick Bisson and Helene Joy, along with a few regular cast members and dozens of local “extras” chatted in the white...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Oct 6, 2024 | Finding Home, Miscellaneous, Writing
In 2018 the Canadian government recognized the contributions of the over 100,000 Home Children to Canadian society by proclaiming September 28th British Home Child Day, These waifs, orphans and children from impoverished families were sent to Canada as indentured farm...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Sep 30, 2024 | Finding Home, Home Page, Writing
On September 26th, I had the pleasure of presenting Where Fact Meets Fiction at the Perth Union Library. Participants heard the benefits of historical fiction and learned how fictitious characters are woven into real events to create an engaging narrative. They were...
by Laurie Ness Gordon | Sep 1, 2024 | Finding Home, Home Page, Writing
Petticoats and long dresses, buttons and boots, hair nets and hats. On the Saturday of Labour Day weekend, I was treated to a behind-the-scenes look at the Costuming Department at Upper Canada Village when I donned an outfit that might have been taken out of Finding...
