I went to Barrie in the Fall

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It’s Valentine’s Day and the kitten, the Ducky, theĀ littlest assistantĀ is here to share the love: Ā her own special series of kitten valentine e-cards. She mightĀ be a kitten, but she’s not a’kidding. Her special meow sounds more like a mix between a half-mew and a bird’s chirp, but you’re the bomb-diggity, just the same. The bestest…
Spoiler alert: this is a self portrait on a gloomy, gray day. Both sunset and raindrops are contrived. For the past several years, I have loved the challenge of creating unique and memorable photos for our annual Christmas card. It’s always easiest to hire a photographer (duuh!) but the creative exercise has become a highlight…
Five reasons to go to Israel, as compiled at 39,000 feet above the ocean on an airplane somewhere between Tel Aviv and Toronto. I spent the past eleven days in Israel. Ā Woah. Did I just say that? (And, the surreal moment continues when I say āthat was after spending a weekend in Rome.ā) Itās not…
We drove the Forest Service Road until we found the 4×4 trail he’d been scouting. The truck made it up 6km and then we hiked in another 2.5km. Epic sunset, careful deer-watching, speedy star-gazing (brrr!), and a mountaintop sunrise crammed into 17 hours of spontaneous backpacking. Aside from the possessed, abundant, and not-so-little mosquitos, it…
For a country whose citizens travel across the border to enjoy a real fireworks shows at Fourth of July, Canada sure does host a magnificent Celebration of Light. Well, British Columbia is a sponsor and Vancouver hosts it but its mostly Canadians watching it.Ā Put a barge of the best pyrotechnicians of the world in…
I went camping. Ā Nay,Ā I went camping for the first time.Ā I mean, I slept in a tent in UgandaĀ (but that was out of desperation: the house we were supposed to sleep inĀ was locked from the inside by a very deep sleeper on the night we arrived) and I slept in a tent at Cannon BeachĀ (but during…