Year: 2023
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Development
Development plans and activity in Ward 1 of Markham. Seems like al lot to me. More information is provided on the Aileen-Willowbrook Residency Association’s web site.
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Name Wanted
In the cold clarity of this photograph, we are confronted with the sight of the Science Centre Station, one of 25 on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, so named after the local attraction. It is encircled by barriers. It is no longer simply a station, but an symbol of failure and controversy. The fence expresses both…
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Mondays
In those days when I worked in an office, the fleeting embrace of the weekend was an eagerly awaited reprieve from the twice-daily trudge back and forth to the pulsating heart of a chaotic city and workplace. The looming spectre of Monday was a harbinger of the tension-filled hours that lay in wait. Yet, in…
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Ghost Catcher
As autumn weaves its chilling tale, there stands a tree outside the Amsterdam Brewery on Laird Drive, Toronto, whose shimmering cloak of gold, is being slowly stripped away by the cold sharp winds and rain. Exposing first its barren branches, sinister and contorted, they rise like the desperate fingers of one nearing their final breath,…
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It’s in My DNA, Part 2
I posted earlier about the DNA results I received from Ancestry. They recently sent an update that reports a reduction in the Scottish component of my DNA from 3% to 2%, but increases my Welch component from 0% to 2%. While I am deeply saddened by being 50% less Scottish, I will quickly remind everyone…