This morning, at about 5:40 am, my watch of 11 years stopped for the second time. Amber bought me this Lorus Sports watch for my birthday back in ’98, our first year dating. I’ve had it ever since. Before this watch I had a series of Casio digital watches that would last about 2 or … [Read more…]
My latest film project (which was begun while another current one is still under construction) is a collection of interviews of people speaking about my pépère (grandfather), Uldège Robichaud. This summer I conducted eight interviews and I hope to do another eight to ten before next summer is over (if I can get to New … [Read more…]
Drove 3800 km this summer: Calgary to Kispiox to Squamish to Calgary with stops in Prince George, Smithers, Hazelton (Two Mile), Vancouver, Abbotsford, and Revelstoke). I managed to sneak listening to Neko Case’s “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood” about five times in the car – it wasn’t Amber’s favorite, but I couldn’t get enough. The … [Read more…]
I worked with six of these fine people years ago. This past summer, I visited the summer camp that I spent summers ’89, ’90, ’91, ’92, and ’94 at. The last three of those, I was a staff member where I counseled junior, teen and blind campers, taught silk screening, rang the bell, washed dishes … [Read more…]
This is a post long overdue . . . While in New Brunswick, we were treated to my fathers berry patches, bushes, and trees. We picked blueberries, raspberries, currants, strawberries, cherries, and some things I don’t even know what they were called. Berries are almost all primary colors when they are ripe and they look … [Read more…]
I stumbled upon wordle.net today and it ended up consuming about two hours of my afternoon. It essentially is constructs word art by associating the size of the word with the number of occurrences it has within a particular text. What you see above is a compilation of the first 472 entries of this blog. … [Read more…]
Last night, I took my final two capsules a month long, natural colon cleanse and organ detoxification regimen from Renew Life. It involved taking two tablets in the mornings thirty minutes before breakfast and two other capsules three hours after supper. There were some other recommendations like drink more water, eliminate dairy, wheat, and sugar … [Read more…]
My feelings exactly. We had a few wisps of snow on roofs yesterday morning and nothing on the ground, but this morning, the snow continued to fall and the sky stayed grey and the temperatures didn’t cool and the furnace stayed on and I stayed inside. I’ll wait 2 weeks before putting snow tires on … [Read more…]
Tonight I stole my son to go star gazing with some junior high students from my school. My colleague, Mr. Schneider, managed to gather a few astronomers with their impressive telescopes in our back field at the school. He gave a short talk and presented about 10 minutes of a video about God and the … [Read more…]
I cycled to work today for the 6th time this month. When I woke up, the radio announcer said it was walk, bike or take public transit to work day (or in some places it’s called curb your car day). I thought, now I have even more of a reason! I’m cycling tomorrow and Friday … [Read more…]