Nearly every year, Sage, Daegan, and I go out for Christmas Dinner. Some years it is for Indian food, sometimes for Thai food, and one year I even went out on my own in search of Ethiopian food. But this … Continue reading (Not so) Daily Square Challenge: Offerings
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
On a cold January night Sage, Daegan, and our four cats arrived at our new home in Canada in a high rise apartment in Thorncliffe Park, a semi-circular neighbourhood in the eastern part of Toronto. The neighbourhood is built on … Continue reading Daily Square Challenge: Highrise
All of us at one time or another say “Somebody needs to do something!” And all of us at one time or another have the opportunity to be somebody. Continue reading Third Turkey Drive
Over the years there have been a number of “interventions” done in Toronto in the name of public space. There have been “Parking Meter Parties” on car free day where people pay the meter at a parking space and then, … Continue reading Pull Up A Seat Challenge #15: Playing in the Street
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
