After four weeks of leisure, I woke up this morning to the sad reality that my vacation is over.  Time to put away the shorts and sandals, iron the pants and shine the shoes, and mentally prepare myself for a month of unanswered voicemail and e-mail.  I’m trying to ignore the fact that there are 336 … More Back to Reality

Once upon a time, I was a member of the Fort Henry Guard. Our beloved Fort Henry was operated by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, something I considered to be a shadowy organization based in Morrisburg. Its crown jewel was Upper Canada Village, and I often felt like we were the poor cousins who lived … More Upper Canada Village

As the BC Scene festival becomes a distant memory, our attention has turned to the Prairies, which will be the theme of the next festival in 2011. I traveled to Winnipeg last week to start learning about the arts scene in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Winnipeg Folk Festival was also taking place, and it sounded … More Winnipeg Folk Festival 2009

Yesterday, while trying to find out if you can barbecue bacon (don’t ask), I stumbled across this amazing recipe.  I guess it was a bit of an Internet phenomenon when it was posted late last year, but it passed me by.  I’ll skip the directions and just let you look at the pretty pictures – … More Here Piggy Piggy

I have a marketing poster of Stewart Goodyear on the wall in my basement. The other day I was hanging out down there with K. As we were playing around on the marimba, he pointed to the poster and asked “Daddy, is that Barack Obama?” Ah, what a cute kid.