All day, I could not think of anything to write. Having had a awful sleep for no particular reason and a busy and useful day, I had in the back of my mind the idea that I should have something to write about. I have a few ace in the hole topics that I figure I will write about in a pinch, like the …

Evergreens get no respect. They have no burst of autumn red. Each spring they do not provide a new face of green each day. They do not make that summer sound in the wind. These two pines, however, make a subtle show each April for a few hours in the first sunny still and warming day as their …

I like my job. I get to work with firemen, police, sewer builders and others I collectively call the Tonkas because there is big neato component to what they do. They do big. The other day I noticed this great, almost medieval, bit of book rack design in one of their buildings. Beefy.

Barriefield sits to the east of old downtown Kingston, just over the Cataraqui River, largely a collection of 1830s to 1860s cottages to the south of St. Marks Anglican. The plaque out front reads:  •  “This church, a fine example of the early style of Gothic Revival architecture, was built with …

Here are some incidental shorts of the downtown area that I was able to glean quickly from the winter's photo taking through Picasa. It is odd all of a sudden having an addiction to Picasa and gmaps and Google news and gmail. Have I been co-opted?

Not that far from rocket house is spaceship house...or sombrero house...or mushroom house:  •  They are in the same neighbourhood - maybe it was oneupsmanship circa 1898:  •  “Her: The Smiths are building a rocket designed in the Turkish style into their house, Jim. What are we going to do? What …

I reported on this holiday last year and can confirm again that a long weekend in February is a good idea. It is law in Alberta, according to the CBC:  •  “Albertans already enjoy such a holiday, and have done so since 1989. The third Monday in February is Family Day in that province, giving many …

From this morning's Globe and Mail:  •  “An Ipsos-Reid poll shows that 47 per cent of Canadians think the Prime Minister and his Liberals deserve to be re-elected. This represents a jump of 18 points since the question was asked during last spring's federal election campaign, which saw the … read more »

Three on three ball hockey on ice. We went down to Market Square figuring we would get a seat next between Wendel Clark and Ron MacLean but so did about 3,000 other people. Some on a roof or two. A few more than the other day. We found some prime and warm seats inside the office - a few others had …