Christopher Hitchins Was DEAD.

August 6 may become the atheist Easter as Wikipedia listed the Portsmouth Pundit as having died that day. Hitchens, suffering from cancer, did get better around suppertime EST. This is why you should never use Wikipedia as a primary source!

Fused Elm

Somewhere near the Bay of Quinte someone joined two elms together maybe a century ago! There is an article on Husband and Wife trees in Wikipedia.

Plus ca change plus c'est la maimed chose!

Old houses being hauled away east of Toronto to be replaced by abstractions of Victorian homes....

Fox on Fairway

No idea what it was doing on a driving range! Upper Canada Golf Course, Morrisburg, Ontario

Toronto Home Baked Pies

City of Toronto limits sign next to handmade Home Baked Pies sign

At the city limits on the east side of Toronto.

Olympic Hockey

The country is more excited than when Henderson's 1972 goal won the Soviet-Canada series!

Quebec Gazette June 21 1764

This is the a copy of the first number, printed June 21, 1764 of the oldest continually published newspaper in North America. The Quebec Gazette eventually became the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, which I wrote a few stories for, and is still published! I saw the original and it was in good condition - I think it was printed on hemp based paper and was brown but not crumbly. Here is the link to the pdf file: http://www.scribd.com/doc/25000544/Quebec-Gazette-June-21-1764