When I head out on a homecoming, you should pray
it’s not your home

Kenogami Protestant High School’s grade one and two class from the early 1950s

In this shot of Kenogami Protestant High School’s grade one and two class from the early 1950s, there is no prize for guessing which grumpy-looking little prick is the author.

They say you can’t go home anymore, but I’m calling bullshit on that myth.

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The Cambridge Don who discovered life, and herself, at our basement grad party

A picture from the 1964 Kenogami Protestant High School graduation party at the Lovelace household
Like all celebrities who come clean when they can’t suppress damaging images about to be launched through social media, I have a confession to make.

This is not an easy thing to do. Because I know it will be disappointing for all of you out there who think of me as a kindly pensioner tending his little garden after a grey-flannelled career and a personal life that pretty well set the standard for moderation in all things.

Not quite true.

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