Tag Archives: holiday

Newfoundland Trip – View Of Ship Leaving St. John’s Harbour from Signal Hill

Newfoundland Trip – Near Heart’s Delight

Newfoundland Trip – Whale Watching at Bonavista

Newfoundland Trip – Music Monday – “To wake in the early morn/To the sound of the old fog horn/And wait for the men to return/With their boats in the bay”

Last Monday, I wrote about the musical cultures of the various provinces.  Now that I’m here in Newfoundland, the musicality of this province is overwhelming.  I couldn’t name a single folk song that unifies the people of Saskatchewan (does “Last Saskatchewan Pirate” count?) whereas I’ve heard the song below probably half a dozen times in […]

Newfoundland Trip – Ferryland Picnic

And how’s your day going? 😉

Newfoundland Trip – Saturday Snap – St. John’s Street

Happy Canada Day!

The perfect song for both Canada Day and also for a couple of flatlander farmers hanging out with the fishermen in Newfoundland…

A Father’s Day Ramble

With my self-imposed “you must post daily” rule for this blog, I admit there are lots of days when I mail it in by posting a few brief lines or a single link to a different web site. But then, there are some days when I feel like I should put a bit more effort […]

“Daddy, You Need Mommy To Give You ‘Talking Real’ Needles!”

Four years ago, I never imagined that I’d be laying in bed tonight with my perfect, wonderful son, having this conversation: “What am I made of, daddy?” “You’re made of lots of stuff – bones and muscles and skin.” “And what else?” “Well, did you know that most people are mostly made up of water?” […]

Resurrecting An Idea…

Last Christmas, I did a week-long series of posts exploring the topic of religion in general and my atheism specifically. One of my posts was about how, even though believers will give dozens of reasons why they are religious, from my perspective there were three main reasons I thought people actually were religious – whether […]