Lonely Gypsy Wind

Lonely Gypsy Wind

Yesterday afternoon the call of the open road drew me back into the sweeping, stunning Alberta prairies, this time north and west of my home in Cochrane. Just like most Saturdays since I moved west for work, I found my heart stir with the odd mixture of home-sickness...
Greetings From Cochrane Alberta!

Greetings From Cochrane Alberta!

This is the view of my new town, Cochrane, Alberta, from the top of Big Hill Road bright and early this morning. The lights of the town nestled in the Bow Valley sparkle against the looming Rocky Mountains. Still on Eastern Standard Time, I got up in the chill, still...
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Did anyone else just watch the Winter Classic? Wasn’t it just a fantastic salute to hockey? As I was watching the game (in my lucky Mike Palmateer jersey) I recalled a New Years Day back in high school when a game of shinny started the year off just right. It...
An Ode to Toronto

An Ode to Toronto

As many of my regular followers know, I spent each weekend this summer on an awesome assignment for TV Ontario’s Independent Learning Centre. My task: to take original photos to support Ontario’s new on-line course for Grade 12 World Cultures. The course...