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“A Winter Night” by Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796)

When biting Boreas, fell and doure, Sharp shivers thro’ the leafless bow’r; When Phoebus gies a short-liv’d glow’r, Far south the lift, Dim-dark’ning thro’ the flaky show’r, Or whirling drift: Ae night the storm...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 5:33 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: poetry
Coming out as the end of a beginning

This morning on CTV’s Canada AM Kevin Newman, of Question Period fame, was promoting a very important segment on this weekend’s W5 program (Saturday at 7 p.m. ET) and, in the accompanying online article he wrote, “Coming out is toward...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 7:56 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: family, youth, autobiography, YouTube, mental health, sexual orientation, homosexuality, coming out of the closet, Kevin Newman, CTV Television Network, Question Period
A month since I last blogged…that feels about right!

Pictures from in and around Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada in late December Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 06 2013 8:51 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: photography, Perth, architecture
December 6th

While we honour the memory of all victims of male violence against women everywhere, before and since, Canadians particularly recall today – on this our National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women – the names of the victims...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 5:34 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: grief, activism, gender, Dec. 6, white ribbon, men's violence against women, Ecole Polytechnique, misogyny
World AIDS Day 2012 – Writing about AIDS

I’m re-directing you here to my friend Aless’s web site. Aless has graciously taken over a World AIDS Day project I started – and has even named it for me! Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 03 2012 11:06 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: writing, AIDS and HIV
AIDS is still here but so am I!

Submitted to Aless.ca today I find the anticipation, whatever the outcome, of World AIDS Day quietly overwhelming. “Not much,” I replied to a friend asking what plans I had last night. I might as well have had dental freezing in my brain,...

Published Sat, Dec 01 2012 6:12 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: grief, autobiography, activism, AIDS and HIV, sexual orientation, World AIDS Day, Craig Chaplin, homosexuality
MacPherson tartans

If I had my druthers, I think I’d go for the “hunting” version of my maternal tartan in a kilt. MacPherson tartan MacPherson – hunting MacPherson – dress Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 20 2012 8:09 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: family, autobiography, genealogy, Chaplin, Sangster, MacPherson, Glengarry (Upper Canada), McGinnis, MacDonald
Ninety-five years since World War One ended for my great-uncle

An addition to this otherwise repeat tribute, the above photograph was taken in about 1900 when my paternal grandmother was an infant. It’s now been over ninety-five years since her brother, Tom, (here with his foot up on a stool in the McIntyre...

Published Fri, Nov 09 2012 7:07 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: family, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, VILLERS-AU-BOIS, Remembrance Day, World War I, biography/autobiography, Veterans Canada, Canada, CWGC, Veterans Affairs Canada, Pte. Thomas Butler (1896-1917), Pte. Herbert Gibson
My neighbourhood’s horror

Not to cast a pall over my birthday today, which I’ve already kept low-key-to-dull, but I wanted to share this item from the Toronto Star which summarizes what has transpired in my Cabbagetown neighbourhood since Tuesday morning. I awoke to the...

Published Fri, Oct 26 2012 10:20 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: Toronto, Cabbagetown murder
For Romeo Saganash, MP, a turning point

I am touched by the frankness and honesty with which New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash has chosen to address his “medical problem”, alcohol dependency, and I hope that he can work his way through the first acute phase of treatment with personal...

Published Tue, Oct 23 2012 8:48 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: childhood trauma, politics, mental health, stigma, First Nations, Métis and Inuit, post-traumatic stress, adult survivors
For Silja – For Sale

Yes, ’tis true, the lovely Nevis Estate property, a B & B on the edge of the heritage district of Perth (Lanark County), Ontario is for sale. The 1840s home sits on four beautifully-landscaped acres of land. Something would-be buyers might want...

Published Mon, Oct 22 2012 3:28 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: Perth, architecture
Tapestry, coping and shame

Last Sunday afternoon, Thanksgiving weekend, I was out for a walk in Perth taking some of the photographs I collected over my five days there. I was also slipping away from the family in order to listen to a radio program which included brief comments...

Published Fri, Oct 12 2012 8:05 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: family, autobiography, mental illness, childhood trauma, AIDS and HIV, health-care, mental health, bipolar II, stigma, medical update, viral load, type-II diabetes, blog therapy, recovery, CBC Radio "Tapestry", friendship, biography/autobiography, adult survivors
YAK – creating trust among Perth youth and adults

He’s maybe thirteen, going on thirty-five, perhaps a survivor of abuse who is experimenting with rubbing alcohol and having trouble in school. She might be fifteen, maybe pregnant, and unable to bear being at home after school. They, and dozens of other...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2012 8:04 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: youth, Perth
Thanksgiving 2012 in pictures – Perth and area, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

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Published Wed, Oct 10 2012 5:03 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: photography, Perth, travelogue
Mental Illness Awareness Week through Saturday

The stereotypical walls are long gone this Mental Illness Awareness Week which finds me bridging between a recent, quietly-endured “brown out” state-of-being in Toronto and my absolute delight as I bask in the love of family members gathering...

Published Tue, Oct 02 2012 6:15 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: youth, autobiography, mental illness, mental health, bipolar II, stigma, suicide, Mental Illness Awareness Week

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“A Winter Night” by Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796)

Coming out as the end of a beginning

A month since I last blogged…that feels about right!

December 6th

World AIDS Day 2012 – Writing about AIDS

AIDS is still here but so am I!

MacPherson tartans

Ninety-five years since World War One ended for my great-uncle

My neighbourhood’s horror

For Romeo Saganash, MP, a turning point

For Silja – For Sale

Tapestry, coping and shame

YAK – creating trust among Perth youth and adults

Thanksgiving 2012 in pictures – Perth and area, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada

Mental Illness Awareness Week through Saturday