Another perspective on minimum wage cost

Yes, yes, I know this blog is supposed to be about my books and writing life. However, part of my writing life also revolves around what keeps this family of mine solvent, and that very much has to do with my husband who is a skilled tradesman in a rather specialized area of the glass industry. There has been an announcement by the Ontario government a hike in minimum wage is forthcoming. This is an…

Review: A Place Called Winter, by Patrick Gale

A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale My rating: 4 of 5 stars Sensitively written, beautiful yet precise prose, seamless environmental detail, and characters who are credible, A Place Called Winter is an historical novel worth a reader’s attention and time. Set in late 19th century Saskatchewan, Patrick Gale chronicles the difficult journey, both psychological and temporal, of Harry Cane (an actual ancestor of the author’s). Cane, who flees England upon threat of exposure and…