The contrasts of rural and urban life

We were in St. Jacobs on Saturday for part of the day then downtown Toronto.  Was there ever a greater contrast?  The small town of St. Jacobs, where we’ve visited before, is in the heart of Amish country.  We went to the market and next door there was a viewing of horses for a sale…

Dogs in the Grocery Store

Sometime ago I was in the grocery store when a man with 8 dogs passed me going the other way. I was so taken back that I pulled out my BlackBerry and grabbed a few seconds of video. Take a look for yourself – you are not seeing things. Those dogs are not tethered in…

Canadian Keswick Conference Centre

Two of my best summers were spent at Canadian Keswick Conference Centre – a wonderful retreat/vacation spot on Lake Rosseau.  It was over 620 acres as I remember it.  I first posted about it here.  That’s turned out to be a very popular blog posting with people coming there almost weekly.  Seem Keswick lives on…