Posts by mheff

Concentrated Canada, just add snow Hi folks! Are you ready for another fun filled day on tour with Mikey the Magic keyboard player? Watch me pull a dominant seventh out of my hat! Wait a minute…I don’t have a hat. That makes the trick even more baffling to the uninitiated… The place I’m headed to…

Hi EverybodyFor those of you who live in a different continent or those who live in a different part of this continent, Brockville is in Ontario, Canada. It’s on the edge of the Saint Lawrence River about halfway between Kingston and the Quebec border. Geographically, it is on the southern tip of a precambrian granite…

More of the same but different Hi folks, After taking the winter off, The Lightfoot Band is preparing for its first shows of 2026, and I’m champing at the bit to get started. I’m like an avid seafarer who’s been ashore too long. Ever since I started in this business in 1974, I get a…

Preface Pointe Claire, Quebec 1959 A five-year-old boy stands motionless, gazing out the large dining room window, a paralysis born of fear and awe gripping him, as fire fills the entire night sky. The giant flames flickering and strobing in a terrifying death dance, it’s like nothing the boy has ever seen or imagined.  His…

You Just Never Know Hi Folks Some readers have been asking about the 1979 train derailment in Mississauga. I was home when it happened. My brother Pat was visiting and we were watching TV with Dad. It was November 10, at around 12 midnight.Something in Pat’s peripheral vision caught his attention. He got up and…

The Rabbit Hole Hi everyoneAs much as I try to avoid it, from time to time I still get tricked into clickbait, bullshit commercial news ads, intelligence tests and contests on the internet, usually while searching for something worthwhile. A waste of time, there’s no question. Yeah, Sure But back in September, I hit on…

Yes, I know, I’m late by a few days this year. The festive season was a bit more frantic than usual. I love Christmas. I look forward to the day itself and also the build-up, usually beginning a few weeks after Halloween. Not everyone is a fan though.  Walmart Anonymous Grumpy:    You never worked…

Grey-white brick, green eaves and doors, a massive maple canopy above the front yard, the porch hiding behind a barbed and tangled hedge.  The backyard is thickly bordered by Pine, Oak, and Ash, with two forty-foot Norway Maples shading the patio. Street-friendly, the lines smooth and warm, this handsome structure, diffident and proud, righteously proclaims…