Tag: Essay
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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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Lawn Bowling
in: Photography
In the sizzling heart of a summer’s August day, when even the trees had lost their energy to sway, I visited a green, the place where Lawn bowling is played. This game is not for the faint of heart, nor for those seeking the rough and tumble engagement of football or the swift finesse of…
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The Secret Purpose of a BBQ
In the subdued glow of the charcoal, as it yearns to be stirred within its confines of a BBQ, one might underestimate the significance of such an act. This ritual of tending to the smouldering nuggets, at first glance, might strike the observer as nothing more than a trite domestic chore. Yet, beneath the commonplace…
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Dancing in the Park
Each twist and turn we experience through our lives acts like a kaleidoscope, that shifts the colour and pattern with each rotation, reshaping how we understand our recollections and how we might interpret and accept each new event that comes along. One event that comes to mind marks, for me, the cultural and moral shifts…