Olds (Changing the Channel)
A poem for the modern world
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A poem for the modern world
Leading up to the 2010 Olympics The Globe & Mail announced a sports-themed short story contest. This was my entry, which took 4th place.
January 11th, 2020 was the fifth and final day of the luxury sea-cruise of groove that is Jamcruise, and with a rare full sleep under my belt I tried to make the most of it. I started the day with a little yin-yang: a workout up in the gym followed by an hour munching on croissants and cheese in the cafeteria. It’s all about balance…
Four of us make a Valentine’s Day journey to and from The Big Apple for a date with Les Paul, Christo, and John Lennon.
This quick two-night vacation marked my first time visiting the walled and cobbled streets of Quebec City’s Old Town and includes a brush with Red Bull’s Crashed Ice and a remarkable overnight stay inside one of the world’s only ice hotels.
A fun montage of the first time Phish played in Mexico, which was coincidentally also the first time I played in Mexico. Phish played a gig, I played in The Ocean.
Settling in for a relatively calm two-week stay in the Crescent City, m’lady and I augmented our usual sights and stops with our first NFL game (Go Saints Go!) and our first trip together outside of the city, when we rented a Jeep and hit the road for Lafayette and environs. All in all it was another spectacular trip to one of the greatest places America has to offer.
Yaw Moore gives a demo of a curious African percussion instrument in Cape Coast, Ghana.
In honour of the upcoming transfer of power I present my soon-to-be obsolete Trump song.
January 3rd, 2015 marked the final hurrah of a hootenanny-filled New Years extendo-weekend in beautiful, sunny Miami. This had been the first time in a long time that I had spent part of the holiday season in a seasonable clime…