The other night I heard my mother call, “Leonard”. But the thing is… she died in 2012. I was just about falling asleep, in that twilight zone space between the conscious and the sub-conscious. It felt so real, like she… Continue Reading →
On a recent camping trip to Quebec, we had ice cream. I was surprised to learn that hard ice cream, like Stoney Creek Dairy, when I was a kid, or Kawartha Dairy, is quite rare in Quebec. Yes, these unfortunate… Continue Reading →
A Norwegian nautical term for “full speed ahead”, this word came up in a word game on our river cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam. But I used it here to get your attention. This was the second part of our… Continue Reading →
We recently cycled from Bruges, Belgium to Amsterdam. Extreme headwind, cold weather and rain, but it was a very nice ride. (go figure, eh?). We then flew to Budapest and took a river cruise back to Amsterdam, but that’s a… Continue Reading →
Skiing is finished in Ontario, pouring rain outside, but lots of photography happening with 52frames. Here are my first 16 weeks of 2024, along with my mumblings. [Click on any photo for the slideshow. Please leave comments at the bottom… Continue Reading →
Websters definition: Shred: to cut or tear (something) into shreds.    Example: shredded the documents Skiers definition: Ya know, like, carve’n up the pow, ya know? Not much “pow” (powder), but lots of “wow” on this High Park Ski Club… Continue Reading →
Inciting the tall, dark stranger to draw his weapon and slip into the dark corridor holding his mini-Maglite. The floor was slippery with some kind of slime. As slippery as snail sex. He lost his balance and slipped and fell,… Continue Reading →
I recently read an article from a newsletter I follow that talked about reframing your identity as a whole, instead of just hoping for a better version of yourself based on a New Year’s resolution. For a January 1 resolution,… Continue Reading →
Carve-turn to carve-turn We ski No promises No demands We were strong Love is a mountain [from “Love is a Battlefield” – Pat Benatar] These were the first words that stunned me as I was looking through my archives and… Continue Reading →
No, Spidey is not one of them, but I just finished watching the miniseries “Sisi” and couldn’t get this show out of my mind. It’s about Empress Elizabeth of Austria (Sisi, 1837 – 1898 ) who was married to Emperor… Continue Reading →
Street photography is a genre of photography that records everyday life in public places. Featuring candid and un-posed moments of people, it is a form of documentary photography that reveals something about the character and the context of the scene…. Continue Reading →
Portugal has a very early and rich history of exploration. One of the first countries to have ships sailing out into the open sea, Portuguese explorers were the first to sail around Africa and circumnavigate the globe. We decided to… Continue Reading →
20 years ago, I dropped my $21.50 and attended the SARS concert at Downsview Park, Toronto. Recent story of this concert in the Toronto Star. I was working close to here at the time, so I just walked over. Half-million… Continue Reading →
As we visited some ghost towns on our latest camping trip I wondered if the columnist for the Toronto Star just had to get an article in for his deadline. This was an article that pulled me into this excursion… Continue Reading →
This is my recent batch of posts to 52frames, my weekly photo challenge. I do these kinds of blog posts when I don’t have anything profound to say, or when I don’t have a fictional story in my mind that’ll… Continue Reading →
Street photography is one of the most challenging but at the same time one of the most rewarding genres of photography. – Elizabeth Gray, Vancouver I totally agree with that statement, and there’s no better place to practice, than “The… Continue Reading →
The downstairs bar was dark and foreboding. The joint was almost empty except for three men sitting at a table in a dark corner drinking beer, like the dogs in a Cassius Coolidge painting. They were watching a hockey game on… Continue Reading →
The mysterious, dark stranger walked into the downstairs bar and ordered his favourite whisky. “Leave the bottle,” he commanded. He caught the eye of the sultry lady sitting in the shadows across the room. She sauntered over and stood next… Continue Reading →
This is for week 1: Self-Portrait. This is me with the Downer Flu. The doctors couldn’t figure out what I had (not Covid), so they called me “An Enigma”, and that’s what I titled this photo. *** [Click on any… Continue Reading →
Yes, It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? … The Kiddie Coaster There is an abandoned amusement park Close to where I live And every time I drive by I remember when I was a kid At the Burlington Beach Amusement… Continue Reading →