Travels With Stacey

In my travels around Ontario and now into Quebec and the States, I have been to thousands of places over the past years.  The one thing that I have learned in all of this is that there are so many places to visit and see.…

Don’t get me wrong, I love that there are community events that draw people together. But some community events force us to leave town.   Our town of Orangeville successfully holds a Jazz and Blues Festival each year. This is a great way to attract those…

For us Canadians, it was Victoria Day Weekend. This holiday celebrates the person who inspired the Victorian Era worldwide and is also the unofficial start of summer. Naturally, I had made plans for this celebratory festivity. Falling Head Over Heals for Waterfalls was the trip…

Something weird has happened to me when I take my wife on trips. An odd and often overwhelming sense of nostalgia fills me. This sentimental longing for the past, with positive feelings of emotion and even happiness, is happening more frequently. Only this year did…

Every year, 90 million acres of land in the United States of America are planted with corn. Corn is a vital crop used for food, animal feed, sweeteners, alcohol, fuel, plastic, and even medicine. Without corn, things will be very different in our society. The…

As a kid, I only ever encountered a sock monkey once. I was unimpressed with the toy and found better things to play with. That changed when I visited the Sock Monkey Museum during our trip called Blown Away by Christmas in the Windy City.…