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Wanderings – I’ll hire someone next time

November 3, 2021 Phillip Blancher

Why is it I never remember that I said I am not going to do something again, until I am partway through doing what I said I wasn’t going to do again? Over the weekend […]

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Wanderings – Cheeseburger in paradise

October 21, 2021 Phillip Blancher

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 […]

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Wanderings – Nonsensical retail woes…

October 7, 2021 Phillip Blancher

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 […]

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Wanderings – Dandelions and Rick Astley

September 22, 2021 Phillip Blancher

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 […]

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Wanderings – Analysis paralysis and good enough

September 15, 2021 Phillip Blancher

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 […]

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Wanderings – Soccer can solve most issues

September 8, 2021 Phillip Blancher

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 […]

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Wanderings – Labels, Tiny Desks, and John Prine

September 1, 2021 Phillip Blancher

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 […]

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Wanderings – Reassuring shop talk

August 25, 2021 Phillip Blancher

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 […]

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Wanderings – Where are the candidates?

August 17, 2021 Phillip Blancher

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 […]

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Wanderings – Four is not better than one

August 11, 2021 Phillip Blancher

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 […]

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Recent published columns

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