2025 Waters review

January 2025 began with a very exciting proposition…we were getting a puppy! I would say in many regards Nugget (though we had no name yet) was the biggest story of our year. But let me start with the book I was reading on January 1, 2025. It was Star Spangled Jesus, a look at the…

Art

Art, the objects, not the person. In our most recent trip to Banff we picked up a new piece of artwork. Note to Philip: in the event of our demise, I would not throw this out… I digress! It’s a Jim Shore snowman, not the very bright colours he is known for, but the more…

Connecting

The world has really shrunk. There was a time when crossing a country meant slow, long days of travel by train or bus. Today, we get on planes, and within hours, we are several thousand kilometers away. Technology connects us via satellite, and news travels in microseconds. Being in Ontario again has some great advantages….