I took this photo back in the late 1980’s I believe (may also have been early 1990 or 91), with a Yashica SLR camera but I don’t recall any other details – lens, aperture, shutter speed, etc but I probably have it written down in a notebook somewhere. The photo was a bit of an …
The RCMP officers ran toward me and put me under arrest. Was my life over, with this arrest that involved a pistol in my carry-on luggage at the Toronto international airport? The Air Canada security had discovered the hidden pistol in gym bag used as carry-on luggage as I went through their security. In the …
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This is my new view. It has to be one of the best views from a house in the world. How I managed to get this view is a bit of a long story, along with some frustrations, some good luck, and an understanding companion who kept her eyes out for a suitable new view. …
While everyone is deathly afraid of COVID (generally, unreasonably fearful unless you belong to a high-risk group), I’ve had some kind of “bug” for the past 2+ weeks that has given me symptoms very similar to what I’ve read are the symptoms of COVID. And it’s not been a very pleasant two weeks at all. …
I came across this photo in my parent’s collection of slides and prints, and it reminded me that this was my very first air flight – a transatlantic journey from Toronto (it was called Malton Airport back then) to Belfast, with a refueling stop in Gander, Newfoundland. One of my earliest memories that precedes this …
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We had a mail box across the road with our name on – SCOTT – and I’d always check to see if the flag on the box was up or down. Up meant there was mail. Maybe from Granda Scott in Northern Ireland? Getting to the mailbox across the road was a bit of a …
The Old Farmhouse – Concord, Ontario – Dufferin Street Read More »
The other day, I came across an article in The Globe & Mail about a Brazilian who had made an “epic ride” on horseback from Alaska to Calgary this year. It seems that it is not the first epic horseback ride that Filipe Masetti Leite has made, and according to the article, once traveled on …
Can lighters blow up in the sun? I honestly before never expected that a lighter left out in the sun would blow up. But if they are Chinese and cheap, I discovered by accident, they can. Last year, I was warned not to leave any lighters in the vehicle as they could blow up, and …
In Greece, while many people do not have much of a “yard” at their homes, many have a small garden in front, often with a native tree. The front “yard” here is quite small relative to the sizes of yards back in North America, but our tree of course is an olive. The neighbour on …
In the earlier post, I wrote about some of my first memories and some ideas about memory. I pointed out that memories can be a peculiar thing. I’ll take that a bit further while discussing some of the most haunting memories I have. I have tried to put them behind me, have seldom talked about …
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