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A Canadian Winter Without Snow?
My camera and I went tramping through the woods on Friday – Pine House Farm on Hwy 93 which intersects with Horseshoe Valley Road, home to some of Ontario’s favourite ski resorts. This area has a...
View ArticleWomenpriests’ Ordination at West Hill United Church
On May 27, 2007, West Hill United Church played host to a Roman Catholic Womenpriests’ Ordination service, the first such ordination service to occur on land. Although I was acting as an unofficial...
View ArticlePoint au Baril on the shores of Georgian Bay
One of my favourite places on the planet is Point au Baril on the shores of Georgian Bay. [Show picture list][[Show as slideshow]] Related posts: Scotland in Pictures 2008 Fearless – Toronto’s Pride...
View ArticleScotland in Pictures 2008
[Show picture list][[Show as slideshow]] Related posts: Scotland in Pictures 2009 Paisley Abbey, Scotland Dispatches From Scotland
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Global Day of Action – Iran
Here are photos from Toronto’s rally in solidarity with the people of Iran as part of the July 25th Global Day of Action. Click on photos to make them bigger. It was peaceful, upbeat. I have no idea...
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CoSY National Youth Assembly 2009
From September 4th to 7th, I attended the Church of Scotland’s National Youth Assembly. I followed that with another couple weeks in Scotland and am only now getting down to the task of registering...
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Paisley Abbey, Scotland
Further to my previous post about perspective in Paisley Abbey, here is a collection of photos in and around this wonderful medieval monastery and abbey: [Show picture list][[Show as slideshow]]...
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Scotland in Pictures 2009
After a sleepless four-day weekend at Stirling University for the Church of Scotland’s National Youth Assembly, I spent another couple weeks tagging along with my host, Mark Johnstone, to various...
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Lake Couchiching and Washago
These are photos taken in Georgina Twp, Lake Couchiching and the village of Washago on October 24 & 25, 2009. I’m especially pleased with the images from Washago. The weather had been grey and...
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West Gwillimbury, Ontario
I’m posting these photos I took while driving through West Gwillimbury mostly for the benefit of my non-Canadian friends to demonstrate that even though Canada is (technically) a northern country, not...
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Anti Prorogue Rally in Toronto
All across Canada, citizens gathered for non-partisan rallies against PM Stephen Harper’s decision to prorogue parliament until the beginning of March. While Harper claims to be suspending Parliament...
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Full Moon in Winter
Conditions tonight were perfect. A mass of Arctic air has rolled in, so even in the city the air is crisp and clear. And, of course, the moon obliged me by being full. I would have stood awhile and...
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Pine House Farm
John Williams, my brother-in-law, is an organic farmer operating as Pine House Farms in Wyebridge about an hour and half north of Toronto. Most of these photos come from their old location in...
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Good Friday in the Sugar Bush
In shorts and T-shirt, I caught the first greening in the sugar bush at Pine House Farm, Wyebridge, ON. With temperatures in the 20′s (Celsius), the maple syrup season has come to an abrupt halt....
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Rob Ford and Toronto’s graffiti
Toronto’s new mayor, Rob Ford, wants his city to be a graffiti-free zone. Back in October, when he was still just a candidate, he spoke to the Board of Trade about how he wanted Toronto to be clean...
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Northrop Frye: The Indignity of Immortality
Northrop Frye was chancellor of Victoria University when I was an undergrad student doing my English degree there. He cast a spell over the campus, and some of that magic lingers. Last summer, as part...
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