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When is enough, enough? (Ep. 10)

Living with addiction in a family is one thing but coming to grips with the why, and how to heal the pain, the shame, and the public...

Grieving together ... but apart

Grief is a funny thing. There are probably a thousand ways that people have attempted to describe their grief. It should be...

Life and Curveballs

Normally we would have a blog entry that related to this week's episode of the podcast. But two weeks ago, real life interrupted the flow...

The Telling My Story Balancing Act (Ep. 7)

When we started to put the episodes around addiction together something came up for me while working on the podcast. Sue and I had so...

Pillars of Sand (Ep. 6)

In Episode 6 Marie talks about a letter she wrote to the media, articulating her frustration with coverage of her family. She never...

Nothing is quite as it seems

While putting this episode together my mind kept getting stuck on a few details I remembered vividly. I was overwhelmed remembering! You...

Prison 101 (Ep. 3)

Well I gotta say visiting jail is not something that you really want to do. It’s all so unfamiliar and you end up learning things you...

The Sweets in the Rubble (Ep. 5)

You know Sue and I have had a lot of conversation around the consequences of the murder charges, jail, bail conditions and the aftermath...

The Big Fella comes through again

When Sue and I first started talking about what had happened in the backyard that night in May of 2008 I couldn’t give her the details. I...

It's almost time to launch the podcast

When we released the trailer for Sweet Bitters we were so heartened by the response. We've heard from friends with lovely words of...

For better or for worse

Well this year marks our 47th wedding anniversary. In the last 47 years I have learned a lot about love as Ken and I and our family have...

Mark your calendar!!

The first episode, "It All Started with a Phone Call" drops January 19th. You'll be able to listen and download from your favourite...

It's really happening

Well this is it. We're in the studio recording episodes and getting ready to launch Sweet Bitters in mid-January. It's been a long road...