It was a pleasure to attend the annual gala of the Town of York Historical Society, proprietors of Toronto’s First Post Office (TFPO), both a museum and a working post office, the other night at St. Lawrence Hall in Toronto. To add to the ambience, each table was provided with a number of goose feather …
I confess that I am not a big hockey person. However, I did grow up watching my brother play hockey and occasionally watched a game on TV with my father (a former hockey player himself). So even I have an understanding of and respect for the iconic Stanley Cup, the silver trophy awarded to the …
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from Little Canada, but it turned out to be engrossing and a lot of fun. Two hours exploring passed in a flash. My friend and I did a double-take at the Art Gallery of Ontario (above). Is there an external staircase on the front as displayed (or just …
I’ve written before about the excellent Gibson House Museum. Today, on a spontaneous visit, I was very lucky to be shown how to use a floor loom… and permitted to sit down and try it! The last inch or so of this fabric (at top) is my effort. I think I should have been a …
As part of my 2024: The Year of Trying New Things project, I decided to attend the Keith Haring: Art is for Everybody exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (on through March 17, 2024). Not knowing much about him, I’d associated his work with Roy Lichtenstein’s comic art and Andy Warhol’s pop art. Warhol …
Not every new thing one tries is successful. Unfortunately, I’ve had a major chocolate chip cookie baking fail, I guess we could say from overenthusiasm. However, I’ve learned a few things. Note: here is the recipe I used, though it is not the recipe’s fault in any way but mine completely: https://joyfoodsunshine.com/the-most-amazing-chocolate-chip-cookies/. Mistakes were made. …
Well, I’m proud of something. For the first time, I’ve tried the Coursera platform, and have just completed the online lectures and activities for the Bookkeeping Basics course. Loved it. I’m really excited too for the followups — really — to earn the Intuit Academy Bookkeeping Professional Certificate: Assets in Accounting, Liabilities and Equity in …
One of the best things I read in 2023 was a chapter of The Eagle and the Raven by James A. Michener (1990). A copy of Chapter One, “An Old Apple Tree,” was very kindly sent to me by Dr. Donald B. Smith, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Calgary. It has been …
