“In Cuba and specifically in Havana there’s a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected.”Fernando Perez I have been to Cuba three times and plan on going again. I fell in love with Cuba when I first went with my son in 2012. It was like stepping back in time with the […]
Writing
Someone Has Got to Talk to the Boys
“Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.” Margaret Atwood Domestic abuse and sexual assault are a systemic problem in most societies. As a young women in my 20’s, I was politicized by my girlfriend’s older sister who was an ardent feminist. I went to my first Women […]
Racism
The rise in racism upsets me. As a music teacher, I was given the opportunity to teach about racism in an age appropriate way while relaying pertinent information about the enslavement of African peoples and its parallels in Indigenous communities. “Oh, Great Spirit, keep me from ever judging a man until I have walked a […]
Wrestling With Her Spirit
“If any of you happen to see an injustice, you are no longer a spectator, you are a participant and you have an obligation to do something.” – June Callwood My ultimate goal is to get my screenplay Wrestling With Her Spirit produced. Whether that involves selling it to interested buyers or gathering a collective […]
Ska Music
“I don’t stand for the black man’s side; I don’t stand for the white man’s side. I stand for God’s side.” – Bob Marley In the mid-90s, I played keyboards and sometimes sax in a ska band in Vancouver, BC. Our bandleader, Andy, got us gigs at most of the popular clubs of the time […]
Crossing the Line
“All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that’s why it takes so long.” Steven Spielberg The purpose of this post is to show the process and progress of my short film – Crossing the Line. Borders are currently a hot topic. Patriotism and protecting one’s own country are on the rise. Right now Americans […]