Category Archives: TGIF

Hi Neighbour, Are you feeling the cold creeping into your days—and bones—with the clear message that our September Indian summer is over? Well, I have felt it for a few weeks. But I didn’t want to believe it. Hope springs … Continue reading →

MY APPLE, Part 2 After I wrote My Apple, Part 1, I finished reading the book “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson, which was published in 2011 and printed again, with an added epilogue, in 2013. In case you don’t know … Continue reading →

My Apple, Part 1 I’m happy to say that I’m an Apple person. Most of you, readers, would immediately understand that that doesn’t mean that I really like apples. Just seeing the capital ‘A’ explains that I’m not talking about … Continue reading →

August Shutdown If you’ve been watching, you might have noticed that I didn’t post any articles in the last month. Well, our illustrious photographer and IT person, went on a trip to Germany, so we took a break. Not a … Continue reading →

PARENT TALK Lately, I have been thinking about the expressions that my parents brought to Canada from the UK and Ireland and the new ones we kids often heard growing up in Canada. Admittedly, two of us started Grade 1 … Continue reading →

ROCK BALANCING I took this photo about 10 years ago. I was on the homestretch of the Lynn Loop hike in Lynn Headwaters where the logging road runs next to Lynn Creek. I saw this and was dumbstruck! I hustled … Continue reading →

A TASTE OF NATURE, Part 3 Looking back over the past 8 years of accidental gardening, I have managed to carve out a new niche in my retired lifestyle. The learning curve has been steep at times and very empowering … Continue reading →

A TASTE OF NATURE, Part 2 Last week, I gave you a bit of the history of my gardening experience. Not much to speak of, but a healthy start to my retirement lifestyle. My biggest takeaway from those years was … Continue reading →

A TASTE OF NATURE, Part 1 I can’t believe how my garden has changed my life. Heaven only knows what motivated me to build my first raised garden in 2013. Maybe I saw the Lee Valley Tools Catalogue showing raised-bed … Continue reading →

BUSHWHACKING As lucky kids of the Grand Boulevard neighbourhood, my younger brother and I were close to the mountains and, very luckily, the Seymour Demonstration Forest. On a rainless weekend afternoon, we’d hop on our mountain bikes and head to … Continue reading →