Gratitude is grounding

Gratitude is grounding. Sitting on the back deck I want to be grateful for a few things to accompany this shot for photo…

St Jacobs market levelled by fire

It is hard to gauge the loss of a place like St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market. Early yesterday morning the main building burned…

Last week I took a writing retreat at my cabin in Haliburton County near Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. I spent nine days alone…

A recent report on the welfare of the common loon shows a significant decline in population over the past 20 years. The Canadian…

Today is photo blog Thursday. This week I have a gallery to share, but first a story to go with it. I wrote…

This morning I had an exchange with a friend about my favourite Stan Rogers song, “The Lock Keeper”. Alan McLean commented that it…

I have always wondered why a cottontail rabbit or white-tailed deer concerned with escaping from danger would fly a white flag of a…

On a Sunday morning photo ramble through the conservation area, I encountered this demure but lovely butterfly. It is Cercyonis pegala, the common…

My main drug of choice when I am trying to avoid stress is gaming. Sometimes I do it deliberately to give myself a…

What is the Doctor Who master race of the vegetable garden? Zucchini, of course. All this summer’s rain, sun and heat has…