In 2012 I worked on a project at the northern border of Toronto. It was close enough that I could bike there in an hour or so. Showers were available at work so it was a great way to get … Continue reading Toronto by Library #38: Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre (A to Z Blog Challenge – “O” – April 2019)
Sage and I plan library visits very differently. I wake up in the morning, think “I think I have time for a library visit today.” then agonize over the map for a bit. Where should I go? Do I feel … Continue reading Toronto by Library #37: New Toronto Library
A few days after I got back from India my phone rings. The caller tells me they are from the Toronto Public Library and want to know if it was Todd on the line. I can’t think of what they … Continue reading Toronto by Library #33: City Hall
It’s incredibly easy after an exciting trip to another country to fall in to a rut when returning home. It’s doubly easy when the weather is cold and wintry. And so it was that three days after I returned from … Continue reading Toronto by Library #32: Lillian H. Smith Library
Saturday morning we wake up and walk out of the house early. Today’s library will take us about 90 minutes to get to by transit and we have to figure out breakfast as well. We take the subway from the … Continue reading Toronto by Library #31: Northern Elms Library
We are heading in to the cold months so once again I’ll be doing some of my library visits in the evening. Tonight’s library is in the old borough of East York not far from my house. It’s also about … Continue reading Toronto by Library #30: S. Walter Stewart Library
The end of autumn has fully arrived. Sunny days spent cycling to libraries and enjoying coffee by the lake are over. The time has come for days in which the temperature hovers just above freezing and an icy rain is … Continue reading Toronto by Library #29: Barbara Frum Library
