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I was determined to become a Yankee, and fixed my gaze steadily to the North—Chicago was about as far north as I could imagine at first, but as I learned more about geography, I found out there was al
Some years ago, I decided that writer’s block didn’t exist, because if what we do when we write is to follow our thought, there is always something to follow—forward, backward, into any number of digr
As a theatre student in Montreal, Sarah Hayward saw a performer “balancing backwards, singing like Yoko Ono, and operating the light board with his toes.” That’s when she knew she wanted to write a on
On their way home from their second couples workshop, Dennis Ewasiuk and his wife, Anne Dobbie, had an idea. To make a film about the presenters. The only glitch was that neither of them had ever made
Cynthia Loy Darst knows a lot about roles. Which stands to reason. She used to be a professional actress. In fact, it was when she was studying theatre, that she discovered the seeds of what was to...
Aly Pain has asked her Olympic Silver Medalist Skeleton racer husband Jeff, for a divorce more than once in the last several years.
And yet today, their marriage is stronger than ever.
Perkins sees the Undercurrent as a source of community building. She wants people to spend an hour each week reading the Undercurrent, “to feel they have to pick up a copy every Friday morning, or the
“I can’t believe it,” says Glenn Knowles. “That I’ve turned into a chocolatier after 20 years working in finance. I believe it because I can see it. I’m just awestruck that I’m turning out beautiful c