« The Celebration Room at the Perth County Inn in Stratford is not merely a room. It is a stage, a whispering chamber of memory and possibility, where the walls seem to lean in with their own stories. Rumour says that certain writersâwell-known for sharpening their pens on the marrow of lifeâscribbled some pages here. I believe it. The window desk overlooks the river, and rivers, as every writer knows, carry not just water but ideas. The current drifts, and so does the mind.
In the morning, the...