It’s funny how our focus on the month of July has changed over the years. As we celebrate our 14th anniversary of moving to Almonte, I look back to the 1990s when we were...
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Next month is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. And yes, the astronauts did take a portable computer to the moon with them. Two in fact (one in the orbiter and...
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There seem to be plenty of stories in the media these days about how the Boomers have all the economic clout while the Millennial generation suffers under the weight of student debt, low wages,...
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There are so many memes that might symbolize the vibe of this time 50 years ago – Moon landing, Woodstock, Vietnam, Nixon, the Mets… but I think I’ll go with the Archies. It was...
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There were something like 60 viewing parties across Canada while the Raptors were winning the NBA championship. Most were in major cities, but one was hosted right at the Almonte town hall. As the...
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The CPR railway line through Almonte was picturesque, historic, tragic and eventually redundant. Begun as the Brockville and Ottawa Railway, it reached Almonte by 1859 and was used by the Prince and Princess of...
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After a cool and wet spring, we finally got a warm and sunny day in Almonte. It was forecasted to reach the upper 20s (mid-80s F.) so we set off for a walk...
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Last year I wrote a post about using Cloudflare in this blog. Things were going well until recently when I encountered a problem uploading images larger than 1 MB. A typical photo from my...
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It was a warm and cloudy morning in Almonte this holiday Monday, but no rain was forecast. We decided to walk downtown and see the sights from the old railway bridge over the river....
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When I started taking family holidays over 30 years ago I always brought along a camera kit that was heavy and expensive – SLR, 4 lenses, flash, and 15-20 rolls of film. I was...