Mark Bellis
Hi all, journalist photographer, Blogging since 1996. Written for Toronto Star, Cité Libre, Toronto and Ottawa Sun and Ottawa Citizen. email markbellis@spamcop.net, enjoy! All content copyright Mark Bellis, and other copyright holders unless where noted.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Michael Leunig 1945-2024
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Tariff threat reactions
The shoppers in the grocery stores in Cornwall were checking the labels to make sure they weren't buying American.
Friday, January 31, 2025
Finding Krystal
I just found where Krystal's remains are. She's where her grandmother said, but I couldn't find it until someone uploaded the info to Findagrave last month. It's a great relief to me as I wasn't sure if she was even buried. I hope to go visit the grave.
Thursday, January 30, 2025
John Baker
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Lunar New Year trinkets
Monday, January 20, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Chicken pox is old news
Ottawa Hospital for skin cancer check. Had two actinic keratosis spots frozen off, since they can mutate into squamous cell cancer (not a high concern cancer) , but otherwise OK. Two doctors in their twenties looked me over very professionally and gave good advice on avoiding the sun (hat, shirt) and upping the SPF on sun tan lotion to 50. I told them I'd had chicken pox in case there was anything that looked like shingles. They both said 'chicken pox!' as if I was talking about a long forgotten disease. Since the vaccine was released around 2000 chicken pox cases in Canada have dropped from ten of thousands to a few hundred each year, and I don't think either doctor had seen a case in real life.