Manhattan Transfer
Teddy was up early on our second day in Jersey City and his mother took him into Manhattan to visit the World Trade Center Memorial and the church where Alexander […]
On the Jersey Side
I drove the second segment of our trip from Pennsylvania to Jersey City. This was more complicated than our first day – what with 4 different interstates, a couple of […]
On the Road (and Sea) Again
Well, looks like it’s time for another leisurely documentation of a cruise holiday. This past couple of weeks we have been traveling and cruising with Dave, Sarah and the grandkids. […]
19 Times Around the Sun
The headline story in the Toronto Star on July 4, 2005 was about U-Haul trucks failing road safety checks. Fortunately, we were not about to move that way. Jim Siberry […]
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
I checked the Toronto Star Archives for June 24, 1972. There were stories about Hurricane Agnes, air piracy in St. Louis, auto pollution, how modern humanity was depressed and forlorn […]
Do Megapixels Matter?
I have been taking digital photographs for over 20 years now. I first began dipping my toe into the digital universe as a supplement to my color film photography, but […]
10 Years Ago
Looking back 10 years isn’t so tough when you get to the point where you can remember how it was 70 years ago. Nevertheless, 2014 was unusual in one sense. […]
Rogers Unplugged
Time was, you had Plain Old Telephone Service over a twisted pair cable, and analog cable TV over coax. When the Internet became available there was dial-up connection over the […]
Keeping Comfortable
Maria’s dad used to say regarding home maintenance: “If the roof is OK and the furnace is OK, then you are OK.” I cannot disagree. This year marks 40 years […]