Saturday Photo: Melting Snow, or No Snow at All
The photo was taken in March when the snow was melting, but this year it looks like there may be no snow at all.After a bit in October, we've had…
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Saturday Photo: Red Flowers….
Just a bit of colour for a grey day.
Saturday Photo: Holly, No Ivy, No Snow
Don't know where this photo came from. Since holly doesn't survive in this climate, I doubt if I took it here. Nevertheless it currently is my computer wallpaper, and I…
Saturday Photo: Ice, Leaves, End of November, Climate Change
Walked up in the cemetery this morning where the ground was white, either from a heavy frost or the little snow that fell on Friday night. Hard to tell, but…
Saturday Photo: Fall Bikes…
Bixi is closing down for the year. Riding conditions continue to be good, but in Montreal the bike-share service doesn't run from about the middle of November until early April.…
Saturday Photo: I Love Paris
The savage attacks in Paris last night are echoing around the world. So it seems they were the result of twisted extremist thinking? Probably, and the great question is how…
Saturday Photo: The Excellent Adventure
This week I finished the revisions on Road through Time, and sent it off to the University of Regina Press which will publish it in Spring 2017. The book, about…
Last Call for Our Medicare System: Are You Listening, Justin?
An excellent piece in Thursday’s Toronto Star about what is happening in Quebec to our system of supposedly universal health care. This should be a wake-up call for the entire…
Saturday Photo: Halloween…
Spent Wednesday afternoon making pumpkins with Jeanne. It’s very nice to have grandchildren since you have license to do all the artsy-craftsy things that you are supposedly too old to…
Saturday Photo: Burning Bush, Montreal Style
Justin Trudeau started out his stint as PM by telling the world on behalf of 35 million Canadians: “We’re back!” Those were good words to hear after nearly ten years…
They Ran from the Left, Will They Govern from the Right?
Canadians’ basic decency won yesterday, with the decisive defeat of Stephen Harper’s politics of fear and hate. Thank goodness! Now, however, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will have to hold to their…
Saturday Photo: Even the Leaves Votes Red, Orange or Green
The election is on Monday, and it looks from here like a minority Liberal (red) government. The NDP (orange) stands to lose much of what it gained in the Orange…
Saturday Photo: The Path to Thanksgiving and a New Government
The leaves are beginning to turn colour here, and the sky is the brilliant blue that always makes me think of my mother quoting Helen Hunt Jackson’s poem about “October’s…
Saturday Photo: Roman Road and Road through Time
Here’s a photo of the Roman road at Conimbriga in central Portugal. It’s only one of the many roads I’m thinking about now, as I go back to the preliminary…
Up Next: Road through Time
Pleased to say that I’ve just signed a contract with the University of Regina Press to publish my next non-fiction book Road through Time, probably in Spring 2017. It’s about…
Saturday Photo: Dancing Grass
Just because it’s another nice weekend…
Required Reading for the Election Campaign: The Best Laid Plans by Terri Fallis
In my other life I lead book discussion groups in Montreal-area libraries, and, knowing that a federal election was coming up, I put Terry Fallis’s The Best Laid Plans on…
Saturday Photo: Cosmos, the End of Summer, Climate Change
I’ve always loved these sun-loving flowers. Cosmos are the stars of many gardens around here at this point in the cycle of the seasons. I suspect they won’t be so…
Saturday Photo: End of Summer and the Spiders are Busy
An Anyone who’s read Charlotte’s Web or gone walking early on a September morning knows that spiders are especially busy this time of year. This web was glowing in the…
Saturday Photo: Runners and Rainbows
The last long weekend of the summer, and the weather is wonderful here. No rain in sight, but I did find this rainbow when out walking this morning. The runners…