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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VF0BlXP-0Y Ghost Love Score By: Nightwish What’s better than heavy metal power chords, double bass drum pedals and wailing flanged guitar solos? Add a classically trained lyric soprano, a brilliant composer who often uses full orchestration and a bass player/lead guitarist bromance. Call it ‘Opera Metal’ and watch bands all across Europe and America follow suit, leaving […]

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Islands in the Grass

I see glimpses of what I’m running from In rows of houses all shaped the same Stretching further every year Trying to catch up with me   Fences in between Say ‘stay out of my Eden’ Islands in the fresh-mowed grass Nations of white collars   I pass a youth with sullen eyes and a […]

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Prairie Autumn

                        Autumn arrives early on the Canadian prairies. I can feel it on the wind, like the scent of cool foothills air that summons me back to bicycle races through hills of dirt that will one day become new housing developments. For the moment, the […]

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Well, things have certainly been picking up since the release of Crystal Promise. I did a book signing disguised as a barbecue, and sold more copies than expected. I ran out, actually, which just means that I needed to order more copies. Nothing wrong with that. Here are some delightful pictures of what I’ve been […]

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Well, it’s been about two weeks since Crystal Promise was published. The excitement hasn’t completely worn off yet; check with me again after the first book signings. Although sales and marketing for an ‘indie’ author are a bit of a grind (and I know not to expect miracles or instant recognition), I’m very lucky to have […]

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DNRCY Clair de Lune By: Claude Debussy There are plenty of nocturnes and songs to the moon out there, but the top two contenders in terms of popularity have got to be Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata and Debussy’s Clair de Lune. While I love both pieces, Clair de Lune will always hold a special place in my heart. It was the […]

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