From grade 6 through to the end of highschool I had one music teacher. From our inauspicious start in primary school, through the awkward middle school years, right up until the end of highschool, he endured our earnest, squawking stabs at music. He’s due to retire this year. Music, specifically strings, was primarily the purview [...]

The text message said to meet at the parking lot of Mill and Parliament for 6pm. So here I am in my car, dressed completely in white, feeling like Mr. Roarke making his morning commute to Fantasy Island. The weather had glowered all day and the forecast was nothing but rain making me more than [...]