Exploring the unlikely intersections of walking, photography and making
Ordinarily, I would recommend a walk down the frozen surface of Omand’s Creek, the perfect antidote for these COVID-19 days of uncertainty and social-distancing. At its mid-winter best, this is a walk with some risk—crawling on ice through a steel conduit, for example—but spring is closing in, temperatures are rising and water can already be... Continue Reading →
I’m proud to announce the publication of Navigating Hope. This is the seventh in my Ways To Walk series of small softcover books documenting—through photography, prose and map graphics— a number of my short, mostly Winnipeg walks in search of nothing in particular other than some vague understanding of where I am at any particular... Continue Reading →
Welcome to a year in the life of our greyhound/lurcher Styxx, compressed into twelve daily posts leading up to Christmas. Nose-to-nose with Gail on Gimli Beach.
October 20, 2019 The tour starts at 1:00 PM Meet at 521 Raglan Road (in Wolseley) It looks like Sunday will be a pleasant fall day. So why not join us as we wind our way to Winnipeg's James Richardson International Airport. Here's our pitch: It's a crazy idea, something you're not supposed to do.... Continue Reading →
4 HOME DOWNTOWN ST. BONIFACE SWEDISH CONSULATE TRANSCONA CHICKEN WINGS HOME 32 KM 14/04/19
HOME DOWNTOWN NORTH POINT DOUGLAS SCOTIA STREET KILDONAN PARK JOHNNY'S BENCH SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS HOME 28 KM 16/04/19
2 HOME ASSINIBOINE PARK ASSINIBOINE FOREST IKEA SWEDISH MEATBALLS HOME 24 KM 09/04/19
1 HOME ASSINIBOINE PARK STURGEON CREEK YELLOW RIBBON TRAIL AIRPORT/LUNCH HOME 27 KM 19/04/19
To Spring. With Love, Winter.
Winter. It is ending. Just yesterday, walking down the riverside walk, as it passes through the The Forks, I found this sad reminder that winter is passing its baton onto spring. Trapped in the exchange are these few remaining blocks of bluish ice set on a barely frozen Assiniboine River. Just last week, I walked... Continue Reading →