Torontonians got their first big snow storm last night so of course panic and mayhem was the order of the day. Perhaps if the media didn’t treat people as babies they might not act like babies. I love the white stuff no matter how much comes down. But like most folks I [...]
For the last week the weather in Toronto has been similar to Reykjavík. Today I could have been convinced this was Iceland. After several days of rain, snow, wind, and temperatures hovering on either side of 0C, we had sunshine yesterday followed by more wet snow. Today however it was the oft [...]
I wonder if Icelanders have a laugh at our twice yearly clock changes. Iceland is on GMT and doesn’t change the clock during the year. With the extreme change in the solar season at that latitude it would be folly trying to buy time. You need a bloody watch to know what [...]
In the south east corner of the yard behind where I work are some large trees and heavy bush. All manner of critter lives back there. But this year there is a new dominant creature, a cute but aggressive chipmunk. All day long he protects his territory by chasing away the many [...]
