Books published by Insomniac Press

Rivers are often used in mythology to represent boundaries; to cross the river is to transform. The poems in River Revery reflect the river Thames as it winds through the city of London, Ontario. Because the Thames forks into two streams at the city's core, it was called Askunessippi, "the antlered river," by the original Algonquin inhabitants. For Indigenous communities, it is "Deshkan Ziibiing." In re-naming the river the Thames, English settlers colonized forbidding new territory as an imitation of 'home,' rather than embracing the vibrancy of the river as it is. A distillation of ecological concern is a current necessity in River Revery. Such inspiration in poetry is one source for right action since the Thames waters our gardens, real and imaginary.

With the world slipping into recession, company downsizing, restructuring, reorganizing, and retrenching are becoming everyday occurrences. Why Me? And No Gold Watch! concerns job loss and the prospect of retiring earlier than expected. Introducing Sally McBride, a fifty-seven-year-old middle manager who is terminated due to her company's downsizing actions. Sally's dilemma is whether to seek a new position or retire. In her journey for answers, she turns to friends and acquaintances for help and direction. Why Me? And No Gold Watch! offers proven strategies for retirement success. Also included are lessons from true stories, self-reflection exercises, and model retirement visions and plans, all designed to provide a pathway for the reader to make a successful transition from work to retirement.

Count along with Ocki the octopus and under the sea friends.

First Love Revisited: Fanny is at a conference that is being given, in part, by her first boyfriend. On the last night he invites her to his room. Both are married with children. The Wanderer of New Perry: A woman saves a man's life and does her utmost to make him fall in love with her.

What is a hero? To some, a hero is a person in a cape, someone who swoops down from burning buildings to save people in distress. To others, a hero comes in the form of teachers, parents, police officers, and friends. Celebrate the Hero is an initiative that began in order to celebrate the everyday heroes that are in all of our lives. This book is a collection of the submissions that people have contributed to Celebrate the Hero since its inception. I invite you to read stories of people standing up to bullying, stories of everyday heroism, and stories saluting everyday heroes. There are wonderful poems, and quotes. Some entries will make you laugh, others perhaps cry. But by the end, my hope is that you will feel good and that there some amazing people in this world who really care and are making a difference.

In 1968, David and Ann Lindsay traded the confines of the classroom and a red brick bungalow in Windsor for a year of travel that changed their lives. Experiences while camping in the U.K. and Europe suggested new careers. Upon returning to Canada, they opened Ann McColl's Kitchen Shop which operated successfully until their retirement in 2001. The freedom of the open road introduced new approaches to marketing and eating at every turn. Along with Ann's journal entries and David's photographs, over eighty recipes, inspired by these adventures, are included in this Food Odyssey: - New Year's Day in Cardinal Wolsey's Great Tudor Kitchens - marmalade makers in a caravan site - mussels in cream sauce beside a peat fire - following the Canterbury pilgrims from the Tabard Inn - three spirits hovering over the crepe suzettes on Christmas Eve - a five-foot paella cooking on a beach fire - the theatre of food preparation in open Spanish kitchens - the exuberance of the marketplace - Aberdeen fishing fleet unloading their silvery haul at sunrise - fresh salmon and single malt by a highland stream - feeding squid and octopus innards to campsite cats - gaining ten pounds of body weight on the Tea Shop Trail - taking the cure in Bath - caravan sites on isolated Spanish beaches - El Greco's green and russet tiled cucina in Toledo - a carver cutting thistles on rounds from Braemar tree trunks - sailing down the Clyde for fish and chips at the Cowal Games in Dunoon - clootie dumpling simmering on a coal-fed range - feeding pennies into the gas meter to keep the beef daube simmering - the Brighton Pavilion gleaming for a soirée - finding a rabbit tied to the door knob