I originally published this article at YMC the day after The Tragically Hip's final concert aired on the CBC in August 2016. It went viral across Canada, with over 73,000 shares on Facebook alone. I wrote it from the heart, and it remains one of the things I've written that I'm most proud of. On the anniversary of that concert, I've decided to bring it home and have it live on my site where it belongs. And tonight, you can be sure I'll be listening to The Hip and remembering. None of us is …
The Who Was Worth The Thirty Year Wait
Thirty years ago, I had tickets to see The Who as part of their Reunion Tour in Toronto, except I never got to use them. My father, without consulting me first, committed me to work the night of the concert. I was apocalyptic, with an extra dash of over dramatization, as only a 20 year old can pull off. How did he not understand that this was the very last time The Who would tour? Like ever?! Technically I could have blown off work, but it was a brand-new job that my father had pulled …
What Would Cher Do? A Mid-Life Guide to Greatness
As mid-life awakenings go (I refuse to call it a crisis), mine has been pretty tame. Quite ho-hum actually. I left my husband with a bang one day last June and never looked back, travelled to Europe with my daughters in July, moved back in with my parents in August, moved into a new home in September, lost 20 pounds, and was falling in love by October. Hmmm, maybe tame is the wrong word. Needless to say, while the external changes have been sweeping, the changes in me have been profound. …
