Ready or not, Our Hero is coming your way . . .

  Just back from an exciting weekend in the Niagara area, thanks to the splendid Ridgeway Reading Series. What’s next? Thought you’d never ask.  — Nov. 5, Cambridge, Ontario. Third Age Learning, 10 a.m. to noon.  — Nov. 12, Toronto: Eh List, Toronto Reference Library. Note time change to 7 p.m.  —  Nov. 15, Montreal:…

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Robert Burns kicks off spring showboating

Linden MacIntyre and the McGoogans. Yes, it sound like the name of an emerging Celtic music band. But really it is the speakers line-up for this year’s Robert Burns Dinner sponsored by the Toronto St. Andrews Society. That event, slated for Jan. 23, 2015, finds Linden delivering The Immortal Memory, and Sheena and I presenting…

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Sporran works magic at event honoring Robert Burns

Over on Facebook, a recent image sparked complaint. Where was my sporran? The clamor induced me to solicit yet one more kilted photo from Sheena Fraser McGoogan. Here we have Our Hero setting out with Sheena for the Robert Burns extravaganza sponsored by the St. Andrew’s Society of Toronto. And quite a shindig it was,…

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