“You should watch more movies,” a workmate told me.  “Have you ever seen Goodfellas?” “No,” I said, “I haven’t seen most movies.” “Watch...

That’s what my wife says to me all the time.  In truth, I don’t have a good answer, but I have some speculations on the subject.  Here...

Do you remember what you got for Christmas?  Or what you did?  Or what the whole experience was like?  I’m guessing not.  Or at least it...

A lady that we know came for a visit, as she sometimes does, and she said to me, you should write more blogs.  You’ll lose your audience...

This morning we went out our back door, through the old Royal Oak golf course, and along the trail behind Beaver Lake. Spectacular,...

So this is it. Sort of. Tomorrow night we get the ferry off the rock, and then we set sail for Alberta to attend a family event. ...

You have not heard of Lumsden, I’m guessing. Nor had most people until some tourist website publicized it. Now it is famous enough to...

In Newfoundland, there is a place called Trinity and another one called Trinity East, both on Trinity Harbor, or Trinity Bight as it is...

Back in the day there was a book called “Reality Isn’t What it Used to Be”, by a Walter Truett Anderson. It dealt with post-modernism,...

I last posted from Peggy’s Cove, which is a long time ago. My apologies to the winers. I know you’ve been able to find something else...

To all winers in building C and elsewhere, greetings. I read that it is very hot in BC and Alberta, very stormy in Quebec and Ontario,...

Awhile back I thought to relate some encounters we’ve had along the way, particularly those that feature people’s thoughts on the cosmos...

As every winer will know, sometimes your grown children just astonish you. Not all the time, but sometimes. This weekend we were in Mont...

For those winers craving visuals, here they are. The first is of moi gazing out over Algonquin Park. It could be anywhere in Ontario;...

As planned, we came into Carleton Place on Friday, detached the car, and scouted. Like the first explorers. Turns out that Carleton...

The missus wanted to see Algonquin Park, so thither we duly went. To reprise what I said about northern Lake Superior; trees, rocks,...

Beavermead Park, Peterborough Ontario. Remember that name and do not go there. To all appearances it is a fine place, leafy and green...

Do you know where Pouce Coupe is, or what it means? No, I’m guessing. Well, -Pouce Coupe means Cut Thumb, I’m told. As for where it is,...

We all know that comparing ourselves with others is a bad habit, but we all do it anyway. For instance. We get on a ferry yesterday from...

The quick story since we left Thunder Bay: Drove to Wawa in a day. Trees, rocks, lakes, repeat. Wawa is depressed and depressing. Got...