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Tales from isolation: Working, learning, living

When the schools closed in Montreal, my wife and our youngest child moved to the countryside, where winter lasts till…

12Feb 201912 Feb 2019
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Bubby faced every challenge with head held high, back straight

We lost our Bubby last week. In a hotel in her hometown Winnipeg, my mother-in-law sat on one of the…

30Jan 201930 Jan 2019
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Fernandina and St. Augustine are in a battle for the ages

My favourite sort of gossip is the kind people spill about their home towns. Sometimes it’s the traditional kind of…

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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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A walk in the park: The devil at the Forges du Saint-Mauricie

17 Sep 201818 Sep 2018
The retelling of a legend from the historic Forges in La Mauricie is part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks.  The call was as common along…
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A well-travelled man and a dog named Big, surrounded by friends

10 Sep 201830 Aug 2018
CUSHING, Que. — The dog’s name is Big. He is black and white with a head the size of a five-pound bag of potatoes. We aren’t out of the car…
Summer

A walk in the park: Algonquin Provincial Park

3 Sep 20182 Sep 2018
Exploring some of Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario is part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks.  BRENT, Ont. — This post wasn’t going to be about…
Summer

In the cool underground of Sudbury’s Dynamic Earth

29 Aug 201828 Aug 2018
SUDBURY, Ont. — There are 4,800 kilometres of mines beneath and surrounding this city. That’s enough tunnel to stretch from Quebec City to Victoria. Tunnels under towns didn’t work out…

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