Here’s what I learned last week at the Shaw Festival.

The moral of The Dance of Death is “Life Sucks, and Then You Die.”

Ditto Uncle Vanya

If you taste 18 different wines even those itty bitty sips will eventually cause a haze to spread over you.

Homemade Canadian scones are far superior to Starbucks’.**

*Audience side

**Actually, I knew that from past experience. Just thought it worth mentioning.