I live near a junction town. MacTier is about half way between Sudbury and Toronto. It used to be a Canadian Pacific Rail shift-change town, the train would stop in MacTier and the men would get off and men who had been sleeping in the bunkies would get on. That doesn’t really happen anymore, but […]
Month: September 2017
Whatever happened to…?
It started, as it often does, with a Facebook post. While scrolling through my feed one day, skimming the selfies, memes, and cat videos, a picture from an old Algonquin College friend of mine caught my eye: Wait, what? Mark’s at a Jack Astor’s in Ottawa smiling under the Avon Motel sign? Anyone who lives […]
Early cottage days
Last week I went for a walk through my past. My cottage past, that is. I didn’t take pictures so I could compare and contrast, which was pretty dumb considering I wanted to do an article on the changing landscape and personality of Muskoka. So once again, I’m going to leave you in the lurch. […]