Category Archives: Canadian

Just the smell of the summer can make me fall in love

My solair chair (with minor war wounds from whomever “borrowed” it) has been returned to my back yard, Bal has started planting the immense vegetable garden around the perimeter (and into the driveway), and I’ve got my eye on this… … Continue reading

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Sugar dumpling muffin baby, this world is going crazy…

Listening to this album:     (streaming here for who knows how long) and wondering where the quirkypoppy Islands went…         You know, these guys: New album song titles include: This Is Not a Song, No Crying, Can’t … Continue reading

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Jenny played keyboard, Johnny played drums, called ‘Little Baby and a Big Bonhomme’

Continuing my list of things that cheer me up on the internet… some Can Con: Men Without Hats – Pop Goes The World – YouTube.

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I got your postcard from out west – in big block letters you wrote it’s the freakin’ best.

  New favourite photographer: Andrew B. Myers. Blundstones, Hudon’s Bay Co. jacket, ironic (yes?) moustache, Oh, Canada. oh yes, and COLOUR SALT PAPER PRINTS!? (I am confounded…) Nice interview on Heather Morton’s blog, shedding absolutely no light on how you … Continue reading

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The water is polluted and the mayor is a dork, They dress real bad and they think they’re New York

    (originally posted in How the Freedom 200 Spent Her Summer Vacation.) Happy Birthday DVP! More rainbow tunnels here   And my favourite one:   title credit: The Arrogant Worms, Toronto Sucks (Okay okay, I just wanted to post lyrics … Continue reading

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Or recite the names of provinces and Hollywood actors, Oh, Ontario, oh, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Happy Civic Holiday! (“Damn You, John Graves Simcoe” by Ivor Tossell, via Toronto Standard, the prettiest online local I read) It is no secret that I love maps. And hopefully no secret that I love Toronto, despite the somewhat frustrating weather patterns. … Continue reading

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What are we doing in this dive bar… how can you live in a place like this?

I want to adopt all of this awesome stuff from the ugly ugly website it has to reside on. Seriously, how can you appreciate something like this: and put it on a website that looks like this:  Shudder. Let me … Continue reading

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