I’m doing some genealogical research into the Swedish side of my family and it’s all Jon Olofsson son of Olof Jonsson son of Jon Olofsson son of Olof Jonsson and they are all from 3-4 adjoining valleys in northern Sweden #Sweden #genealogy
January 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I’m doing some genealogical research into the Swedish side of my family and it’s all Jon Olofsson son of Olof Jonsson son of Jon Olofsson son of Olof Jonsson and they are all from 3-4 adjoining valleys in northern Sweden #Sweden #genealogy
The tracks of the deer that casually strode across my path as I was cross country skiing and refused to wait around while I stuck my poles in the snow and fumbled my mitts off and struggled to fish my phone from my pocket #Ottawa #skiing #rudewildlife
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The tracks of the deer that casually strode across my path as I was cross country skiing and refused to wait around while I stuck my poles in the snow and fumbled my mitts off and struggled to fish my phone from my pocket #Ottawa #skiing #rudewildlife
Two of my favourite films from the last decade up on Criterion Channel. Bi Gan's Kaili Blues and Long Days Journey into Night.
#BiGan #Criterion
#BiGan #Criterion
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Two of my favourite films from the last decade up on Criterion Channel. Bi Gan's Kaili Blues and Long Days Journey into Night.
#BiGan #Criterion
#BiGan #Criterion
Survived my first Canadian cardiac test of the year. A.K.A. shovelled six-inch-deep heavy packing snow from my driveway. Only a hundred more tests to go until spring.
#Ottawa #Canada #snowfall #shovelling
#Ottawa #Canada #snowfall #shovelling
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Survived my first Canadian cardiac test of the year. A.K.A. shovelled six-inch-deep heavy packing snow from my driveway. Only a hundred more tests to go until spring.
#Ottawa #Canada #snowfall #shovelling
#Ottawa #Canada #snowfall #shovelling
I’ve written little this year and published far less but a 100-word micro of mine is in the most recent issue of Fairfield Scribes. Check it out here:
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/
#fiction #micro #Canada
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/
#fiction #micro #Canada
Issue 51
* Managing Editor: Edward Ahern * * Associate Editor: Alison McBain * * Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas * * Poetry Editor: Mary Keating * ...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I’ve written little this year and published far less but a 100-word micro of mine is in the most recent issue of Fairfield Scribes. Check it out here:
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/
#fiction #micro #Canada
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/
#fiction #micro #Canada
July 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Five Favourite Black-and-White Films Made in 1964
Even within a single year the choice is hard.
Woman in the Dunes
I Am Cuba
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Bande à part
Onibaba
Even within a single year the choice is hard.
Woman in the Dunes
I Am Cuba
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Bande à part
Onibaba
Five Favorite Black-and-White Films Made in 1960 or Later
OK, at least I can get my head around this one
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Bande à part
The Shop on Main Street
Paper Moon
Stranger Than Paradise
OK, at least I can get my head around this one
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Bande à part
The Shop on Main Street
Paper Moon
Stranger Than Paradise
May 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Five Favourite Black-and-White Films Made in 1964
Even within a single year the choice is hard.
Woman in the Dunes
I Am Cuba
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Bande à part
Onibaba
Even within a single year the choice is hard.
Woman in the Dunes
I Am Cuba
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Bande à part
Onibaba
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Two kids on motorized scooters rocked up to my house today. Rang the doorbell. Knocked furiously. The kid on the porch cocked his head when I opened the door, flashed a finger pistol, said:
We got a business proposal for you.
We got a business proposal for you.
May 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Two kids on motorized scooters rocked up to my house today. Rang the doorbell. Knocked furiously. The kid on the porch cocked his head when I opened the door, flashed a finger pistol, said:
We got a business proposal for you.
We got a business proposal for you.
Today I began my new STILL LIFE diet. For lunch I had a Pissarro inspired four apples and jug of – judging by its colour – Côte-Rôtie Syrah. Supper will be a Dutch cheese stack, some olives, fruit, and a half glass of vin jaune. #diet #art #stilllifefood
April 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today I began my new STILL LIFE diet. For lunch I had a Pissarro inspired four apples and jug of – judging by its colour – Côte-Rôtie Syrah. Supper will be a Dutch cheese stack, some olives, fruit, and a half glass of vin jaune. #diet #art #stilllifefood
The dog pictured here in Caillebotte’s ‘Pont de l'Europe’ was Balthazar DeMordaunt, a companion of Baudelaire and the inspiration for the 19th century flâneur movement.
April 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The dog pictured here in Caillebotte’s ‘Pont de l'Europe’ was Balthazar DeMordaunt, a companion of Baudelaire and the inspiration for the 19th century flâneur movement.
"Let's fly back early, he says. Get the best spot for ourselves, he says. Bloody Muppet." #CanadaGeese #Ottawa
March 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Let's fly back early, he says. Get the best spot for ourselves, he says. Bloody Muppet." #CanadaGeese #Ottawa
Perhaps the last ski of the season before today’s -17 erupts into Wednesday's predicted plus 4 and all this snow become a giant puddle of slush. #Crosscountryskiing #Ottawa
March 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Perhaps the last ski of the season before today’s -17 erupts into Wednesday's predicted plus 4 and all this snow become a giant puddle of slush. #Crosscountryskiing #Ottawa
These little bells are called grelot in French and there is a saying derived from them – grelottants de froid – meaning shivering with cold which I find overwhelmingly adorable.
February 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
These little bells are called grelot in French and there is a saying derived from them – grelottants de froid – meaning shivering with cold which I find overwhelmingly adorable.
I thought this trail through the snow was probably made by a turkey and a little later spotter her up in a tree.
February 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I thought this trail through the snow was probably made by a turkey and a little later spotter her up in a tree.
Barcode tree shadows.
February 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Barcode tree shadows.
Overnight the wind decided to recreate the dunes of the Sahara in my driveway with snow drifts. Ridges up to my knee, wind chill of -27 C, and yet today’s shoveling seemed easy compared to clearing Thursday’s 30+ cm snow fall and the 30+ cm we had yesterday. #Canada
February 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Overnight the wind decided to recreate the dunes of the Sahara in my driveway with snow drifts. Ridges up to my knee, wind chill of -27 C, and yet today’s shoveling seemed easy compared to clearing Thursday’s 30+ cm snow fall and the 30+ cm we had yesterday. #Canada