We rolled into the place we’re staying near Atikokan mid-afternoon. They are providing a place to sleep overnight and breakfast in the morning as well as a 17’ canoe for our week in the bush. It’s a little hazy here from the various fires in… Read More
With Quetico out of action due to the forest fire situation, we’re looking at a couple possible canoe routes in Turtle River Provincial Park. East Texas Red has got us some topo maps and we’ve narrowed it down to a couple routes. One is more… Read More
I’ve been planning a canoe trip into Quetico for about a year with my buddy East Texas Red. We planned to leave Toronto this coming Saturday morning. This afternoon, he got a call from the park office. The whole of the Quetico backcountry is closed… Read More
The new episode of The Agency Podcast is up. Listen here, or find it at all the good places. Much movie talk this week! Stillwater and it’s similarities, or not, to The Amanda Knox story. The delicious VAL documentary: the original “selfie artist” Val Kilmer.… Read More
Our garden has been so generous this year. Unlike in much of the country, we’ve had plenty of regular rainfall in Southern Ontario this season and I think that has helped a lot. Each morning I go out and pick what is ripe. At this… Read More
Ms Griffith was just 68. RIP
This week on The Agency, we spend a whole episode with singer-songwriter Michael Phillips aka Mighty Lopez, an old friend and great storyteller. Lopez even sings some songs for us and you can find them at 53 minutes in. Mighty Lopez is the real deal.… Read More
What are you listening to these days? Aside from a very large amount of fiddle music, I’m listening to The Barrence Whitfield Soul Savage Arkestra: Songs from the Sun Ra Cosmos. There is more from this collection available on the YouTube machine, but if can… Read More
There are some excellent titles right now in the 27th Street Book Box. It’s located – you guessed it – on Twenty Seventh Street, in the Toronto community of Long Branch, right in front our our place, the house with the grizzly bear, giant owl… Read More
Yes, it’s time for a new episode of The Agency Podcast! Listen right here or find it at all the good podcast places. Mushrooms, serial killers, isolation and more. This week we watch Fantastic Fungi, Fatima, and Jungle Cruise (with former wrestler THE ROCK). We… Read More
27th Street 