Twenty-five years ago, I embarked on an eight-month adventure that would define my adult life. It was not intended to. In fact, at the time it was more lark than prescience. Okay, maybe lark isn’t the fairest description, but academic value and eyes to my future were certainly not priorities when I chose to spend […]
My Life is a Song #101
This has been an odd summer, mostly because it has actually been a summer. Not that Calgary is renowned for its summers, but last year we had near perpetual spring. And not the “yay, winter is over and the tulips are blooming” kind of spring but rather the “dear god, when will this rain end” […]
Carsons Camp – review
The majority of my camping experiences since I moved West have revolved around Provincial or National Parks with only a smattering of private campgrounds tossed in for flavour. In many ways, this is reflective of Western Canada, with far more open space and far fewer people than my native Ontario. By no means have I […]
The Resurrection of Jake the Snake – review
On April 7th, 1986, my friend and I went to Kitchener Memorial Auditorium to watch Wrestlemania 2 on a “Big Screen Television”. Ridiculous by today’s home entertainment standards, this was kind of a big deal in the mid-eighties when most people’s rec rooms still housed 4:3 CRT televisions, often dressed up as furniture, and 27” […]
My Life Is A Song #10
Not much needs to be said about this song other than it’s from the GREATEST MOVIE EVER! Written and performed by a finger picking genius, who also happens to be in this very same movie, this song oozes with nostalgia for me. Few memories from my childhood are as fond as watching this movie at […]