Dear Reader (2022-10-30),First to a clarification on how I number my posts. I am currently making sporadic contributions to 3 series. There are “Walking Reports”, which as the name suggests, concern those events where I drive to a trailhead, walk and then return. There is … Continue readingA Wandering Report 03
Dear Reader (2022-10-15),Healy Pass <>20k – Out and BackThursday October 06, 2022; Thursday October 13, 2022 – with Cam It is October 6, and I am over halfway along the trail to Healy Pass when I meet a cannister (my new term for a collection … Continue readingA Walking Report 28
Dear Reader (posted 2022-10-10),Forward and Table of Contents (ToC) can be found here. Date: Saturday 2022-08-06Location: Bernex Delivery vehicles can still access the pedestrian mall at this hour of the morning. There is the clattering of metal against metal as roll-up store front shutters are being … Continue readingWhite Over Red 03 – Beginning
Dear Reader (2022-10-05),Friday September 30, 2022 – Rockbound Lake Trail – <>20k – Out and Back – with Michelle and Cam Keith would use the word dithering to describe my progress on the White Over Red series. While I continue to dither, here is a … Continue readingA Walking Report 27
Dear Reader (posted 2022-10-01),Forward and Table of Contents (ToC) can be found here. Date: Thursday 2022-08 04 & 05Location: Evian 6 Months of planning, preparation, and training, 3 airports (YYC, AMS, GVA), 2 planes (both KLM), a train, and now I am disembarking from a … Continue readingWhite Over Red 02 – Arrival
Dear Reader (Thursday, 2022-09-29), In 2020 I walked over 30 trails in the Canadian Rockies that were reported on in a series of blog posts. Those posts evolved into an ebook, which eventually became a small run (< 10) printed book. For this project, I … Continue readingWhite Over Red 01 – Forward and ToC
Originally this endeavour, was called the 35 Door Project, and then it became the 35 +1 Doors. The new name for this series of occasional posts is “White Over Red”. Doors just tell you about logistics – they tell you nothing about the sweat that … Continue readingWhite Over Red 00 – Teaser
Dear Reader (2022-05-23),I keep procrastinating on writing this post. In my mind the post gets bigger, and the delays continue. Well, enough of that. Grab a beverage and let’s get on with it. In today’s post there is some tidying up to do, news about … Continue readingA WALKING REPORT 26
Dear Reader (2022-01-15),Since my last post, I’ve continued to bumble along through these strange times. So here is a bit of an update. From a health perspective, both April and I continue to be well for the most part. Omicron, has touched us but it … Continue readingAmbiguous Optimism
Dear Reader (2021-11-08 – Drumroll Updated 2021-11-10),This is the third post in the series of three “What’s my next camera?” posts. The other 2 were:~ Two Very Not Stinky Days (click here)~ Camera Decision Part II (click here) The numbers in parentheses refer to the … Continue readingOf Woo Woos and Cameras
Dear Reader (Monday 2021-11-01),Welcome to Part II of “What’s my next camera.” For those who missed Part I, it can be found here: Two Very Not Stinky Days (click here). First though here is an appetizer. Keith mentioned in his post of 2021-10-25 (click here), that … Continue readingCamera Decision Part II
Dear Reader (2021-10-25), April relished the idea of not thinking about food for 2 or 3 days. I relished the idea of a seeing a part of Alberta that we had not driven through since some time in the 90s. I had also been inspired … Continue readingA New Secret Location
Dear Reader (2021-10-01), I am pleased to announce that I have just released a new monograph “Rills” for your reading and viewing pleasure. A photography monograph is a collection of images that explores a particular topic or idea. It may or not be accompanied by … Continue readingNew Monograph – Rills Plus
Dear Reader (2021-09-18),I am not a member of any religious cult, technology cult (Apple vs Android, Oracle vs SQL Server, etc.), or photography gear cult. I have got to a point in my approach to technology that can be summarized as: I want it to … Continue readingTwo Very Not Stinky Days
Dear Reader (2021-09-01), I have an elephant of unknown size and form, and a problem with Adobe. First to Adobe, I have drunk the Lightroom koolaid and have begun imbibing small glasses of Photoshop. Adobe’s InDesigner, which is used for laying out publications, is a … Continue readingNew ebook – Meanwhile in Abingdon