We boarded the tall ship in Civitavecchia, which is the port of Rome. After getting settled into our cabins, and dinner, it was getting dark. Time to go on deck, where they’ll be getting ready to leave for the final… Continue Reading →
The second leg of our Italian adventure was in Venice and Rome. Venice, with its narrow canals and calles, is my favourite city. When you consider its history and architecture, it’s the most interesting and mysterious place I can think… Continue Reading →
What? No taxis in this town? After flying to Venice, Italy, then train/busses to Cividale del Friuli, we still had about 12 km to get to our agritourism, farm hotel. Then we found out that the only cab driver in… Continue Reading →
In my opinion, the most difficult intention in photography is to invoke emotion in the viewer of a photo. I often strive for this but almost always fail. But I recently met someone who’s a master at photographical emotion. Her… Continue Reading →
We were on a camping trip last week and I noticed that many people had not one dog but two. So there were a lot of dogs around and when people were walking their dogs past a campsite with dogs,… Continue Reading →
This is a blog post I made a while ago for another project. But before we get to that, I want to talk about a camping observation I had this summer. We were camping for a few days at Sauble… Continue Reading →
Urbex, short for Urban Exploring, is the practice of exploring and documenting abandoned buildings. Urbex does not condone graffiti or vandalism… you should take only photographs and leave only footprints. Urbexers never break into places; they only enter places previously… Continue Reading →
Each New Year is a reminder that the world is changing faster than ever. Last year I wrote a blog entitled, “I don’t do New Years Resolutions.” Recently I read an article by Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist in London…. Continue Reading →
We were told that the Duke of Duckworth had the best fish and chips in St. John’s, Newfoundland. So we climbed up the long stairway from Water Street to Duckworth and entered Duke’s. A waiter came over right away and… Continue Reading →
After flying from Pearson to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, we eventually got to Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, which is a territory of Denmark. We spent a few hours exploring Nuuk, just wandering around, getting photos and drinking Greenlandic beer. After Nuuk… Continue Reading →
On my third expedition with Adventure Canada (Chantal’s second), we explored Greenland and Labrador, dis-embarking from the ship at St. John’s, Newfoundland. This is the first of 3 blogs for this trip; and if you’re interested and have a lot… Continue Reading →
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 →