Survived my first Canadian cardiac test of the year. A.K.A. shovelled six-inch-deep heavy packing snow from my driveway. Only a hundred more tests to go until spring.
#Ottawa #Canada #snowfall #shovelling
#Ottawa #Canada #snowfall #shovelling
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Survived my first Canadian cardiac test of the year. A.K.A. shovelled six-inch-deep heavy packing snow from my driveway. Only a hundred more tests to go until spring.
#Ottawa #Canada #snowfall #shovelling
#Ottawa #Canada #snowfall #shovelling
I’ve written little this year and published far less but a 100-word micro of mine is in the most recent issue of Fairfield Scribes. Check it out here:
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/
#fiction #micro #Canada
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/
#fiction #micro #Canada
Issue 51
* Managing Editor: Edward Ahern * * Associate Editor: Alison McBain * * Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas * * Poetry Editor: Mary Keating * ...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I’ve written little this year and published far less but a 100-word micro of mine is in the most recent issue of Fairfield Scribes. Check it out here:
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/
#fiction #micro #Canada
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/
#fiction #micro #Canada
July 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Five Favourite Black-and-White Films Made in 1964
Even within a single year the choice is hard.
Woman in the Dunes
I Am Cuba
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Bande à part
Onibaba
Even within a single year the choice is hard.
Woman in the Dunes
I Am Cuba
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Bande à part
Onibaba
Five Favorite Black-and-White Films Made in 1960 or Later
OK, at least I can get my head around this one
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Bande à part
The Shop on Main Street
Paper Moon
Stranger Than Paradise
OK, at least I can get my head around this one
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Bande à part
The Shop on Main Street
Paper Moon
Stranger Than Paradise
May 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Five Favourite Black-and-White Films Made in 1964
Even within a single year the choice is hard.
Woman in the Dunes
I Am Cuba
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Bande à part
Onibaba
Even within a single year the choice is hard.
Woman in the Dunes
I Am Cuba
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Bande à part
Onibaba
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Two kids on motorized scooters rocked up to my house today. Rang the doorbell. Knocked furiously. The kid on the porch cocked his head when I opened the door, flashed a finger pistol, said:
We got a business proposal for you.
We got a business proposal for you.
May 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Two kids on motorized scooters rocked up to my house today. Rang the doorbell. Knocked furiously. The kid on the porch cocked his head when I opened the door, flashed a finger pistol, said:
We got a business proposal for you.
We got a business proposal for you.
Today I began my new STILL LIFE diet. For lunch I had a Pissarro inspired four apples and jug of – judging by its colour – Côte-Rôtie Syrah. Supper will be a Dutch cheese stack, some olives, fruit, and a half glass of vin jaune. #diet #art #stilllifefood
April 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today I began my new STILL LIFE diet. For lunch I had a Pissarro inspired four apples and jug of – judging by its colour – Côte-Rôtie Syrah. Supper will be a Dutch cheese stack, some olives, fruit, and a half glass of vin jaune. #diet #art #stilllifefood
The dog pictured here in Caillebotte’s ‘Pont de l'Europe’ was Balthazar DeMordaunt, a companion of Baudelaire and the inspiration for the 19th century flâneur movement.
April 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The dog pictured here in Caillebotte’s ‘Pont de l'Europe’ was Balthazar DeMordaunt, a companion of Baudelaire and the inspiration for the 19th century flâneur movement.
"Let's fly back early, he says. Get the best spot for ourselves, he says. Bloody Muppet." #CanadaGeese #Ottawa
March 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Let's fly back early, he says. Get the best spot for ourselves, he says. Bloody Muppet." #CanadaGeese #Ottawa
Perhaps the last ski of the season before today’s -17 erupts into Wednesday's predicted plus 4 and all this snow become a giant puddle of slush. #Crosscountryskiing #Ottawa
March 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Perhaps the last ski of the season before today’s -17 erupts into Wednesday's predicted plus 4 and all this snow become a giant puddle of slush. #Crosscountryskiing #Ottawa
These little bells are called grelot in French and there is a saying derived from them – grelottants de froid – meaning shivering with cold which I find overwhelmingly adorable.
February 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
These little bells are called grelot in French and there is a saying derived from them – grelottants de froid – meaning shivering with cold which I find overwhelmingly adorable.
I thought this trail through the snow was probably made by a turkey and a little later spotter her up in a tree.
February 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I thought this trail through the snow was probably made by a turkey and a little later spotter her up in a tree.
Barcode tree shadows.
February 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Barcode tree shadows.
Overnight the wind decided to recreate the dunes of the Sahara in my driveway with snow drifts. Ridges up to my knee, wind chill of -27 C, and yet today’s shoveling seemed easy compared to clearing Thursday’s 30+ cm snow fall and the 30+ cm we had yesterday. #Canada
February 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Overnight the wind decided to recreate the dunes of the Sahara in my driveway with snow drifts. Ridges up to my knee, wind chill of -27 C, and yet today’s shoveling seemed easy compared to clearing Thursday’s 30+ cm snow fall and the 30+ cm we had yesterday. #Canada
February 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Was wondering what had ravaged this poor pine tree I passed on my hike today until I noticed two young porcupines taking a nap in its branches after filling their bellies with bark. #porcupine #Canada
January 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Was wondering what had ravaged this poor pine tree I passed on my hike today until I noticed two young porcupines taking a nap in its branches after filling their bellies with bark. #porcupine #Canada