Rusty Ring

Funerals are for the living. Graduation is for the parents. Holidays are for the children. (Photo of two children in Cambridge ...

(15 November 2024, 0148AM GMT.) Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

« Un mauvais film, on quitte la salle, mais un mauvais siècle? On le subit, on lui tourne le dos ou on le corrige. » Félix Leclerc ...

(Found this all-steel imperial quart motor oil can on a recent walk along a former logging road – now in a protected natural area. Judging...

New Year's is upon us again, and as usual I'm in a reflective mood. This time I've got the Cowboys Fringants' Ici-bas ru...

Since many readers of this blog are engaged in creative endeavours, I would like, on this day of American Thanksgiving, to share a C...

A British, American, and Canadian ship captain are having a drink together on an aircraft carrier. The British captain says, “Gent...

« Il n'y a rien de plus heureux qu'un être humain qui est devenu ce qu'il était déjà. » Le si regretté Serge Bouchard. (E...

Here's a fabulous old NFB film from 1984 that has nothing immediately to say about Zen – though it does evoke eremitical monasticism. ...

Here's another great example of a video that adds striking dimension to the song it accompanies. Not that it isn't fine as it is; ...

"Life is cause and effect. And you certainly are no stranger to the cause." So says the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, ...

« Ce qu'il faut de saleté pour faire une fleur! » Félix Leclerc (English translation here .) (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons...

My mom died three nights ago. I had been looking after her for several years, managed her home hospice daily over the last six month...

( Jizo Bodhisattva , patron of children and teachers, is traditionally venerated a variety of ways. Most involve specific gifts left...

(Ah, les fois que j'ai déneigé ça. Québec, tu me manques encore.)

The instant I start an outbacking trek, I'm looking for postcards. I define as backward those towns that sell corny postcards, s...