As a kid, whenever people asked me: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would say with confidence: “I’m gonna be an actress, maybe on Broadway!” Now, this answer usually resulted in one of the following responses:

•    “But how are you going to make money?”...

On July 16, 2015, my father took me out for dinner to celebrate my birthday, as he did every year. Ten days later, he collapsed in his home, and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Dad was 94 years old at the time, and still living alone. Although he had been doing rem...

Have you ever overheard a curious snippet of conversation? Have you happened to observe body language indicating empathy, frustration or hostility? Does human interaction interest and amuse you? Then you’ll understand the premise behind “Café Conversations” a collectio...

Having moved house quite often, from a young age, I came to find that ‘home’ was a place I could find within myself; a place I would go to feel safe and at ease.  I have continued to carried that with me throughout my adult life; feeling at home with family and friends...

From the Heart was published by One Thousand Trees in August 2019. Following are some th

oughts from author Dennis Perrier, about this, his second book.

Canadians, like most people who live in developed nations, are subject to distraction. Their priorities are not alwa...

My Grade 6 teacher held up three items: a red ball of yarn, a nickel, and a green-leafed bunch of white berries. “Choose one of these, and write about it. The best entry will receive the nickel.”

I chose the berries, and described my childhood play on our farm. I once...

Metamorphosis: from the darkness of abuse to the light of empowerment  is my own life story, but it is also the story of so many of us, who are searching for meaning, connection, fulfillment ... and a place in this life, that we can call home.

The book has been in the...

The stories contained within Warrior’s Tale have had a long gestation period. The first one, The Lost Boy was based upon a real-life experience – a day of revelation and pain while out walking with a friend at a time in my life where I felt depressed and lost. The stor...

When we follow our passion, amazing things happen. We meet the people we’re meant to meet, and we are presented with all the right opportunities, at just the right times.

This is what began happening to me, when I first started One Thousand Trees in 2010. At the time...

I’ve always been a story-teller. My earliest memories of this go way back, to a time when I was maybe five, or six years old. I remember getting tucked into bed, beside my twin sister, the two of us giggling into the wee hours. (The wee hours being eight or nine o’cloc...