My wife asked me about where we were going this summer, and a co-worker of hers asked-slash-insisted that we go to Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum. I said we weren’t because I thought the name was stupid. In my initial planning of our Vegas summer…
Years ago, I was watching a family home movie of a relative whom I had never met. It was only 20 seconds long, and it featured a bunch of children opening Christmas presents. The film was grainy and in black and white. I struggled watching…
It has been several years since we did our Alaska trip. This journey was really a once-in-a-lifetime event. I still think about various aspects of our travels together. Making a trip as memorable as this one takes a lot of research, planning and replanning. I…
Liard River Hot Springs was not cool and very cool at the same time. As part of our Alaska trip, I wanted to make sure we got to explore as much variety and as many unique places as we could and see places that are…
I have one particular student on my school bus. The first time I picked her up, and then a few hours later, the first time I dropped her off at her home, I noticed she got off the bus with a hop. I chuckled. I…
We are fortunate to live in an area with plenty of songbirds. These flying musical delights are protected by law because they are just beautiful to have around. Each morning, just before the sun rises, one bird starts to sing, followed by another, and then…
Sackets Harbour Battlefield surprised me. I am Canadian and am very proud to call myself such. I am well aware that the USA declared war and attacked Canada (then British North America) wth the hopes of conquering the continent. The War of 1812 was a…
It has been many, many decades since I sat in a Young Drivers of Canada classroom. I remember a few things about taking this course before I got my driver’s license. The first was that it was very expensive (at least my parents paid for…
Mother’s Day is coming up, and we have the opportunity to take Mom out to see flowers, more flowers and many more flowers after that. We will stop at the annual Fleur Des Ville in Toronto, then head to Niagara-on-the-Lake to see more floral designs.…
We enjoyed our trip, Mom, my sister and I, so much that we decided to plan another trip we can take together. So I suggested Niagara Falls. It was agreed to that. The trip centres around Niagara Parks’ Wonder Pass. This is a great program…
