A short biography
Interview articles, Stories and More
Reviews
Outside-the-box articles

A SHORT BIOGRAPHY

What can I say - I'm a writer, and use a lot of words. Since my first interview article with a band at a high school dance in 1966, and since I was told by a tea-leaf reader in the Daffodil Tea Room on Yonge Street in Toronto, "You will be finding your career involves much work with a typewriter," I have written for newspapers, organizations, performing artists, promoters and presenters, television, and a couple of Canadian national magazines. I am now retired from creating such works and instead focus on my own writing projects, little books, and music projects.

INTERVIEW ARTICLES, STORIES and MORE

Here you will find human interest stories, inspiring stories of success, passion, discipline, humour, love, and hope. There are biographies and interviews with world class performers like bassist Gary Karr, the late tenor and actor Michael Burgess, pianist Ian Parker, violinist Calvin Dyck, tenor Ken Lavigne, and brilliant artists like Tina Guo and guitarist Daniel Bolshoy.

These stories are like meeting the human behind the artist and performer. Many of the articles have appeared in magazines and newspapers as promotion for musicians, concerts and orchestras, particularly the Vancouver Island Symphony.

In addition there are stories like When All The Valley Was Flower Seeds. Grand Forks, in British Columbia, took on the role of growing seeds while Belgium and Holland were occupied in the Second World War. Another story is about the amazing Windstar 2010 Work Weekend, one of the last before the organization, started by John Denver and Tom Crumb, was dissolved.

With the recent expansion of social media there are many more avenues for artist promotion. The articles on this site are therefore now more historical, and many have been removed as artists move on in their lives and careers. I am keeping a select few posted simply because I myself enjoy them, I have kept in touch with the artist, and/or I may just be a super fan. I will keep the information updated as best I can.

REVIEWS

There are reviews of concerts and performances done 'Rosemary Style.' Meaning, I didn't take notes, just enjoyed the events and wrote casually about them afterwards. For example, a concert with The Celtic Tenors, and Ken Lavigne, Tenor and the amazing Songs, Strings and Steps - Hits From Broadway.

OUTSIDE-THE-BOX ARTICLES

Some articles raise questions. “The Cost of Cheating Death” questions our health care, our approach to death and dying, our fear of death. First published in the Vancouver Sun in 2003, this article is now rewritten and re-published as a booklet and given its own webpage where you can read the whole story or download a PDF.

The Higher Common Sense articles offer a different point of view. The first, It's Not Alzheimer's - Memory Loss and New Technology, is a look at how electromagnetic frequencies and satellite connections can be interrupting our thoughts and little gray cell funtions. Another, when considering our global predicament, is Stop Growth - Go Sustainable.

See the Index of Articles for the full listing of all articles.