Word-At-A-Time-Blog

Cualitro was an aspiring painter who lived just above a storefront along Bloor Street, in the Toronto neighbourhood known as The Annex. “My main problem,” he would tell friends as they sipped cup after cup of the cheap, burnt coffee from Future Bakery, “is a lack of motivation.” His darkly-dressed friends would nod in varying … Read more

The new King had requested that the buffet table at his coronation party must be the most auspicious feast ever prepared for a coronation, specifically stating it must also be ‘a feast for the eyes’. The buffet table was decorated with beautiful linen, and stacks of the finest china and silverware on the far end, … Read more

Miles hadn’t visited his grandfather since the operation. Miles excuse was that he was busy working two part-time jobs and writing his thesis, but his mother cornered him at breakfast. “Miles, you should go see him.” There was a tone in her voice that made any protest fade away. “He’s not going to be around … Read more