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A Portal to the Past
I don’t know a lot of people who would drive 135km just to take pictures of a gas pump, but that’s how I spent my Sunday. Sure, there were other stops along the way – Blackie, Brant, the old RACF … Continue reading
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Return to Retlaw
“That’s kind of weird.” That’s the response I got from a co-worker this morning when I arrived in the office. He had read about my 700km road trip on the weekend on my quest to explore the ghost town of … Continue reading
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It’s All Cody’s Fault
Did you ever see a thread hanging off a sweater and start pulling it only to have it keep unraveling? That’s the sort of image that came to my mind as I started chasing down some information regarding some Alberta … Continue reading
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In Our Own Backyard
I had fallen into a rut where I assumed that in order to get an “interesting” photo I had to travel. To me “interesting” had become synonymous with “road trip”. Yesterday on the drive home from work as I passed … Continue reading
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To Me He’ll Always Be 57…
January 14, 1990 was a noteworthy day for several reasons. An odd little cartoon show made its debut and no one at the time expected that 22 years later “The Simpsons” would still be on the air. I went with … Continue reading
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