There is a great beach front bar and restaurant in Clearwater Beach. Started by a guy from the Montréal area who moved to Clearwater, Frenchy’s is a local institution. We “discovered” that place on our […]
I have a general dislike for clothes shopping. Some of this I have written about before, my issues with analysis paralysis being what they are. Another reason for my dislike is that clothing retail doesn’t […]
It is no secret that I am someone interested in politics, all politics – federal, provincial, local – it doesn’t matter. Normally I enjoy covering politics and political campaigns. The pithy comments and pot shots […]
My bottomless list of household and hobby projects is often sidelined by an ailment, one that I have suffered from for a long time – analysis paralysis. This ailment, also known as AP, is not […]
This summer has been almost normal for one part of my life, the soccer season. Up Saturday mornings, setting up, coaching, and sometimes resolving issues that should be left on the soccer pitch. It was […]
I don’t prescribe to the notion of labelling anything. This does not mean that around my house boxes are not organized or anything. Societal labels, genres, or preconceptions are what I mean. This especially applies […]
Last week I had the opportunity to talk to a colleague from Western Canada about photojournalism, journalism, and the media industry as a whole. Throughout the hour-long conversation, we discussed many of the larger issues […]
Canadians will go to the polls on September 20, but you would not know it by the election preparedness of political parties in some ridings. Take this riding – Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry – for example, where […]
I was sorting some things in the basement the other day and I had an epiphany so to speak – why do I need so many of the same things? Let me explain. One of […]
A year and a half of a pandemic changed a lot of the customs and practices that were part of everyday life. All those changes were due to the need to physically-distance from each other. […]
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