Sublimity…

I’ve truly become a camera nut, and now that I have a beautiful dSLR (Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT), I’ve discovered the joy of being able to effortlessly take photos, and not worry about film or development costs. However, my recent trips to the Arctic (where I took over 3GB of photos total) showed me [...]

Yesterday marked yet another new milestone for me, another new ‘home’. I packed up all my things in the morning, and moved out of
119 Hopewell Ave. at noon. I’m now staying with a family friend (Bessa) at
her beautiful house in the Glebe. I’m one block from the Canal, a 5 minute walk from work, one [...]

So here I am, for the second time in two years I find myself in a summer sublet without a kitchen table. At least this time it’s only for 2 days, not the 2 months I survived back in 2003 (I was amazed how expensive tables are, and how hard to transport – to the [...]

Wow, what a different world, and yet as different as it feels, it’s not. Getting on the OCTranspo bus at the airport to take me home didn’t really feel any different. Driving past the ginormous Walmart at South Keys made me question (again) what the heck is the point of that monstrosity and how it [...]

Yesterday was an amazing day, in both good and not so good ways. Since Calvin and JP came up to join Dave and I here at
Aviat Camp on Tuesday, we’ve been working our tails off installing these POLARIS seismic monitoring stations in their new homes around the Melville Peninsula. We’ve gotten into a steady routine, [...]