Saturday Photo: From Zen to Wild Victorian on the Plateau
Sometimes the whole is different from the sum of its parts. In this case, the occupants of the first floor of this triplex from the end of the 19th century…
Mary Soderstrom
Saturday Photo: From Zen to Wild Victorian on the Plateau
Sometimes the whole is different from the sum of its parts. In this case, the occupants of the first floor of this triplex from the end of the 19th century…
Saturday Photo: From Zen to Wild Victorian on the Plateau
Sometimes the whole is different from the sum of its parts. In this case, the occupants of the first floor of this triplex from the end of the 19th century…
Saturday Photo: From Zen to Wild Victorian on the Plateau
Sometimes the whole is different from the sum of its parts. In this case, the occupants of the first floor of this triplex from the end of the 19th century…
Saturday Photo: From Zen to Wild Victorian on the Plateau
Sometimes the whole is different from the sum of its parts. In this case, the occupants of the first floor of this triplex from the end of the 19th century…
Saturday Photo: From Zen to Wild Victorian on the Plateau
Sometimes the whole is different from the sum of its parts. In this case, the occupants of the first floor of this triplex from the end of the 19th century…
Down with Twitters, Or the Fracturing of Time and Culture
These days I don't seem to have enough time to do everything I want or need to do. Short cuts look quite attractive, in fact. But there is one that…
Business Interests and Transit Gurus Agree: Quebec Needs to Concentrate on Public Transit, Not New Autoroutes
The federation of Quebec chambers of commerce (FCCQ) and Transit, a new alliance of several dozen groups and experts advocating public transit, came out strongly on Monday in favour of…
Making the City Green: Ecoquartier and the Neighbors on Rouen Plant their Ruelle Verte
Jack Ruttan made this great video of the planting day on the lane project next to his apartment. A great project that is only one of many, greening Montreal.
Chimney Repairs, but No Chimney Sweeps
The three young men who came to rebuild our chimney look nothing like Dick Van Dyck and the chimney sweeps in Mary Poppins, but we were very glad to see…
Saturday Photo: The Wilds of the Plateau
Tiny front ylard gardens are a feature of Montreal's densely settled neighborhoods. People spend a great deal of time and effort claiming the little bit of green they offer for…
Suburban Ponzi Scheme: Mayors North of Montreal Want More Development in Order to Provide Sevices
So you build houses in the far suburbs and don't have proper infrastructure for them, so you ask to dezone agricultural land in order to build more to have the…
Wonder What’s Happening Here? A Great Explanation
A great explanation of Occupy Wall Street--should go viral.
Recreating Eden 2011-10-13 14:46:00
A somewhat conservative American friend was musing the other day about why it has taken so long for protest too build about the way big corporations and the right wing…
The Orange Wave Rolls on, a Bit More Gently Than in May, But Nevertheless There
This is Democracy Festival month in Canada, and Canadians dissatisfacation with conservative policy continues to make it mark. The NDP won a smashing majority in Manitoba, it now holds the…
Love on the Moores; New films from the Bronte Sisters
Can't say that I remember ever finishing anything by the Brontes until now, but this fall I put Jane Eyre on the reading lists for two of my book groups.…
Canadian Thanksgiving: Marvelous Weather, Lots of Food, Much to be Grateful for
I must say straight up that I'm not at all a believer, but I do think it is instructive and good for ones spirits to now and then take stock…
Saturday Photo: My Two Favourite Little Girls
If you think there's a resemblance between these lovely little girls, you're right. The black and white photo is of Elin at about 10 months, and the colour one is…
Occupy Wall Street: The Left Advances, at Long Last?
Maybe the Tea Party is meeting its match, maybe the tide is turning toward a more enlightened way of looking at the mess we're in. As Paul Krugman said today:"There’s…