Posts by mheff
Lock Your Doors And Pull The Shades …… We’re Back (maybe)
Hi EveryoneWell, it’s been a long wait, and nobody’s avoiding the tick-tock of the old biological clock, but we (Gord and band) are planning on going back out on tour. This is contingent, of course, on how restrictive the border will be in the next few months. The US is pretty much open for business,…
Read MoreNightlife
Out Of The Blue In mid-May of 1980, I got a call from a friend I hadn’t seen or heard from in four years. The last time we had spoken was August 1976, and I had no idea what she’d been doing, where she was living etc. Her name was Mary-Lu Zahalan. She said she…
Read MoreHey Everyone
I can see by Google analytics that there are many hits on my blog, but nobody’s leaving comments anymore. I’m not looking for support necessarily, tell me I’m full of shit if you like. But feedback of any kind gives me incentive. Let it rip. If you’re shy, message me at mikeheff45@gmail.com I won’t post…
Read MoreFirst Gigs In The US
In May of 1978, I got a call from Marc Jordan. I’d known him since the first year I worked with Shirley Eikhard when he opened for us at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. “How busy are you?” He was riding high on a critically acclaimed album for Warner Bros., and was continuing an…
Read MoreThe Shirley Years part 5
Hi everybody! More people than I thought have been waiting for this next installment of The Shirley Years. I began the series with no other aim than to chronicle and archive the era for Shirley and myself. But I’ve been getting feedback from unexpected sources expressing interest and gently nudging me to quicken the pace.…
Read MoreTouched By A Cat Angel
I travel quite a bit. Up until the pandemic, I was averaging over 90 days a year and some years more than 100. In 2010 Patti began to travel as well for her job. The Dilemma So who would take care of our house cat, Lillie, and the two outdoor cats, Dex and Rooney? All…
Read MoreMorrison Lake
My uncle Joe Kelly had a cottage in Muskoka when we were growing up. Muskoka is an area of 6735 square kilometers in central Ontario. Its most southern boundary lies about 160 kilometers from Toronto. If you’re lucky, and the traffic is up to speed, you can do it in an hour and 40 minutes.Morrison…
Read MoreGenie In A Bottle
Molasses (slow as) I haven’t written about the “Dating Game” in quite a while. There’s a good reason for that. During my last go-round with online dating, I, against the odds, met someone special. I wasn’t at all optimistic that a few months of interviewing people would pay off. It wasn’t that I didn’t enjoy…
Read MoreThe Cat Colony
Review March 2, 2021 After thirteen years, the group of at least twenty feral and stray cats that my ex and I managed has dwindled to just four. Some we found homes for, a few were taken by animal control, and I suppose some just reached the end of their lives. Because we captured most…
Read MoreThe Shirley Years part four
In December of 1977, Shirley called me with news of a tour in Atlantic Canada starting the first week of January. Very popular in the Maritimes, she was to headline nine shows. We needed a band. I called a drummer I knew, my old friend Gary Craig and he suggested a bass player, Bob Wilson,…
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