Bill Richardson

When night falls, a peculiar thief steals each letter of the alphabet, creating a topsy-turvy world as she goes.

"A child spends one last week with their grandmother, who has opted for an assisted death."--

Global climate change? We can stop it. Addiction to oil? We can replace it. Technological innovation? We can create it. But we can't wait twenty, thirty, or fifty years. Bill Richardson launched his campaign for the presidency to remind the American people--and their representatives in Washington, that we know how to get things done. We need to end our dependence on oil, and we need to do it yesterday. This isn't something that's going to happen...

A stone when it's thrown can damage, can break, but nothing can shatter the promise I make. So begins the poem a mother writes on a scrap of paper. She wraps the paper around a stone and places it in a basket to give to her daughter on her first birthday. They are poor, but the mother is determined that gifts will be given when gifts need giving. She keeps her promise, and the Promise Basket, too. Every time there is a need for gifts, the mother...

At the heart of Richardson's CBC Radio show is a variety of domestic tales that listeners relate through letters and phone calls. Their stories are sometimes comic and sometimes achingly sad. This is a collection of 163 of the most memorable of these letters - everyday stories of everyday Canadians reflecting life in every part of Canada.