Saturday Photo: Chartres, Light at the End of the Tunnel
This is about the time of year when we might start talking about what to do and where to go this summer. Probably won’t be doing that this year, again.…
Mary Soderstrom
Saturday Photo: Snowdrops, and Spring Is on Its Way…
Well, actually the snowdrops in front aren’t as far along yet–this photo was taken a couple of years ago–but there definitely are little green shoots coming up. In addition, we…
Saturday Photo: The Frozen St. Lawrence a Year Ago Before All Hell Broke Loose
On March 9, 2021 we got our first Covid-19 vaccinations, which was very appropriate since on March 9, 2020 we had our last carefree escapade. That was the day we…
Satuday Photo: Light at the End of the Tunnel
The photo may not look like much, just a column of light falling on a bedroom wall, but it means that spring is almost here. Every year about the first…
Saturday Photo: Because We Need a Smile..
It’s up to you to choose which smile, of course! Came across this smiley-hat wearing gargoyle this week. It seems to embody the crazy back-and-forth emotions of this crazy time…
Saturday Photo: Waiting for a Bike Ride…
Or maybe it’s winter storage for bikes! Days are getting longer, this winter of our discontent will be over sometime….
Saturday Photo: Winter Biking, and Valentine’s Day
Yesterday, February 12, was this year’s Winter Bike to Work Day. I’m not a cyclist (no way, hit by one age 5, finally learned how age 50, and now wouldn’t…
Saturday Photo: Funeral for a Dear Friend, a Fine Man
Today a few of us will be celebrating the life of Michel Lizée who died just shy of his 70th birthday after a long illness. As a tribute in the…
Saturday Photo: Time to Get Outside…
Snow and cold temperatures must not keep us inside in this winter of our discontent. Here are footsteps in the snow, showing that a lot of people are fed up…
Saturday Photo: What To Do on a Snowy Sunday
It’s been a remarkably mild winter until last week. Sunday we had a spectacular, wet snowfall, and peple enjoyed making all manner of snow creatures. And then there was this…
Saturday Photo: Let’s Do Lunch at the Atwater Library
Construction goes on despite Covid-19, concrete and cement continue to be made–with all that implies for global warming and quality of life. I’ll be talking about that and about my…
Saturday Photo: All’s Good, and the State of the World
All you need to know about Montreal in 2021: this industrial building in Mile End has not been used for that for a long time, as you can see. Don’t…
Saturday Photo: Life Continues (if you’re lucky,) Welcome 2021
The photo was taken 10 years ago, during the holiday season we were out of our house because of fire next door. We survived that with little permanent damage, thank…
Saturday Photo: Christmas in the Cemetery, and Health Care
We went for a walk with the gang yesterday, doing the right thing for this Covid-19 Christmas. No hugs, no inside gatherings, but at least we were together for a…
Saturday Photo: Lights for This Year…
There have been years when I’ve railed against people who put up Christmas lights–waste of electricity, bad taste, just generally not cool. Besides it’s hard to hook them up to…
Saturday Photo: What I Can’t Find This Year…
This is going to be a Christmas not like any other I’ve experienced, but we’re healthy and we have more than enough to eat, so I shouldn’t complain. But I…
Saturday Photo:No Snow, Temperature Up and Down, Bushes Confused
Took this a few days ago after a short spell of warm weather–up as high as 15 C. This is not to say we’ve been spared cold weather so far…
Saturday Photo: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
The days are getting shorter and shorter–only three weeks to the Solstice, more or less, and the sun around here is rising about 7 a.m. Dark days, indeed. The prospect…
Saturday Photo: What to Do on a Dark Winter Day
Elena Ferrante’s top 40 books by female authors What to do these long, dark days when you may be in semi-lockdown: Elena Ferrante’s top 40 novels by women (from The…
Saturday Photo: Concrete and the End of the Road…
The Globe and Mail this weekend is featuring a number of articles about cities. Among them is one about the role that concrete has played in building them, and the…