Tips and tools
Camping checklist (Word doc) 7 actions outdoor enthusiasts can take to respect Indigenous lands and waters (Word doc)
The vulnerability, self-doubt, and pleasures of unemployment
Applying for work while unemployed is emotionally and psychologically challenging. I am still learning how to stave off feelings of self-doubt as I approach month two of unemployment, but I do [...]
The joy of a Montréal snowfall
An STM bus driver finishing his shift throws a snowball at the Metro grocery store window to a shift-worker he knows as I walk home, warm after two pints of IPA and an Old Fashioned at Bosswells [...]
Winnipeg: a maze of love, politics, hope
When descending during a flight into Winnipeg on a sweltering August morning, the aircraft dips through a thick milky-grey layer of forest fire smoke. A patchwork of agrarian land emerges, making [...]
Searching for Montreal’s pink flamingos
We each seek out survival mechanisms to get through this pandemic winter. Baking bread seems to have lost its craze after an initial frenzy during the first wave. My high school friend Greg [...]
On love: letting go, looking forward
The past year or so has been one of the more challenging periods in my life, and I’ve had a few now. A torn ACL and meniscus from football (aka. “soccer”) led to knee surgery last October, [...]
Remembering John Loxley
Joining the chorus of appreciation for John, I’d like to share a few words. We met sometime around 2015 when I began playing with Crescentwood Saturday Soccer Club (CSSC). In my eyes, John [...]
One hundred days of solitude
Saturday, June 20, marks 100 days of physical distancing and working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic for me. Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez’s novel, One hundred years of solitude, [...]
