The Other Things The day the carousel was desegregated 3 Jan 20193 Jan 2019 Sharon Langley is wearing a white cotton dress with a big rounded collar and a shiny ribbon. She has matching white booties that are topped by folded-over socks. She’s only…
Short hops Pumpkinferno and other after-dark near-adventures in Cornwall, Ont. 23 Oct 201823 Oct 2018 CORNWALL — There are times you go looking for adventure, and times when adventure finds you. And there are times when you spend an entire night skirting adventure and looking…
The Other Things Rainy-day activity: Popping tags n’ thrifting 15 Oct 201815 Oct 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes My grandpa was known to spread out the classified section of his Saturday-morning newspaper and carefully circle each interesting-sounding garage sale. I imagine he’d put on a bolo and…
The Other Things Abandoned attraction: A peek inside Woodleigh Replicas 8 Oct 20188 Oct 2018 We were teenagers the first time we visited Woodleigh Replicas. The last time, we had a preteen. The past 30 years have not been as kind to Woodleigh as they…
The Other Things I can’t see a damn thing. Is it fog or is it mist? 4 Oct 2018 TRANS-CANADA HWY., N.B. — My wife, you know. She can be a touch contrary. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. It keeps me on my toes. I try not…
Short hops A walk in the park: Coaticook Gorge, Foresta Lumina, Charles de Lint, and us 24 Sep 201824 Sep 2018 You just have to pay attention. If you don't, you'll miss them, or see something else — something you expected to see rather than what was really there. Faerie voices…
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