Tag Archives: Montreal
Montreal’s MAGA Mayor
The official statement read: “Freedom of expression is one of our fundamental values, but hateful and discriminatory speech is not accepted in Montreal and, as in other Canadian cities, the show will not be tolerated..” This was Mayor Valerie Plante’s position on a worship concert by Christian singer Sean Feucht as she canceled the permit […]
Laying The Cornerstone
On this Flashback Friday we revisit the post from July 12, 2015. I was running errands with my mother. That means I drive her wherever she needs to go, wait until she is finished, then drive her to the next place she wants to go. I don’t mind doing this. She is 86, and while […]
In Ruins
I found these two pictures as I was going through some old slides yesterday. Slide film, for the uninitiated, was positive, not negative like print film, and you projected the image onto a screen. I took lot of slides when I started in photography. Black and white film i processed and printed at home, but […]
Clickbait
I’m not going to reproduce it here. I still can’t figure out the purpose. The ad headline read: This secret beach should be on your Montreal road trip bucket list. Montreal’s ultimate summer getaway was just ranked one of the best beaches in Canada. I grew up in Montreal. I didn’t recognize the beach in […]
Ghost At The Door
It was Family Day in Ontario earlier this week, and I was looking at some family photos. This one reminded me something I wrote here in 2016, but at that time I didn’t have this picture, taken in 1896, to go with it. I thought it might be nice to go with a repeat today […]
Thinking of Travel
I’ve always had an aversion to standing in line. I think that goes back to the Expo ’67 World’s Fair in Montreal. Several of the most popular exhibitions could only be seen if you were willing to stand in line for hours. Which may be fine for an adult who knows what they are going […]
Memories That Last
It was a harebrained idea. We were way too young. I have to admit though, we had fun. It was the summer of 1966. I was almost 12-years old. And my father, I think, came up with an idea to keep two pre-teens from getting bored during a long summer. Send them to secretarial school. […]
The Dream Is Alive
It was so long ago that there were no DVDs. The internet was in its infancy; there was no World Wide Web. No streaming. In 1993 the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. Since then no Canadian team has won the iconic trophy. When my son was very young and just discovering sports we would borrow […]
Cell Phones And Schools
I have a confession to make. I managed to get through four years of high school without once using my cell phone during school hours. When I look back at that, it wasn’t difficult. There were no cell phones when I graduated in 1972, so there was no temptation to use one. From that experience, […]
Waiting For A Plane XXIV
As I sat at Basel airport earlier this week I remembered that I had written a post for my airport series and forgotten to post it. In my defence, it’s been a busy month. I have been here before. Not just this airport. Once again teary farewells. This isn’t a vacation; we’re not sure […]
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