The Gems of the Lakeshore is a project that I strongly support. The Gems of the Lakeshore celebration for 2013 takes place on Monday, May 13, 2013 at 8:00 pm at the Assembly Hall located at 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive. The public is cordially invited to attend this event. As noted in a […]
Updates An August 16, 2013 Globe and Mail article describes the discovery of an ancient city in Cambodia. A Jan. 3, 2014 National Geographic article is entitled: “‘Lost’ New England Revealed by High-Tech Archaeology.” The article notes: “New England’s woody hills and dales hide a secret—they weren’t always forested. Instead, many were once covered with […]
“Are we heading for bubble trouble?” is the title of a May 10, 2013 New Yorker article. [Click on link in previous sentence to access the article.] Over the past year or two, I’ve been reading books seeking to account for the Great Recession of 2008. The near meltdown of the world economy in 2008 […]
It’s taken me some years – decades, or more precisely over half a century – to learn to finish every project that I start. I’ve become better at this task with the passage of the years and as a retired teacher I have the opportunity to finish many unfinished projects. I now try to work […]
I have an interest in learning about multimedia applications as they relate to Jane’s Walks and to my website. Because I know that much of what I can learn about such topics can be acquired by speaking to people fifty years younger than I am, I’ve been reading about media arts resources in my local […]
I’m pleased to share with you the following information about a map resource: An Etobicoke Guardian article, “Victorian-era Toronto maps now available online”, appears in the May 9th 2013 issue, and as an online article. [Click on link in previous sentence to access the article.] The article refers to the following link: www.oldtorontomaps.blogspot.ca This is […]
A May 10, 2013 Toronto Star article highlights three more things to do this weekend. The article includes three events. Bird Festival The Splendour that was Sherbourne Madeleine McDowell will lead a walk Madeleine McDowell of Etobicoke will lead a walk seeking “Aggie’s wildflowers” on May 11, 2013 at 11 am from Lambton House at […]
As I’ve noted in an earlier blog post, Lakeshore Asylum Cemetery Project spring visit and clean-up takes place on May 11, 2013 starting at 2:00 pm. As well, “Walk for Change” takes place on May 11, 2013 at 10:00 am.
A PDF outline of Brenna Keatinge’s talk can be found here: The City and its People: Civic Engagement Strategies for Residents I am pleased to share the following report from David Switzer of Long Branch: On April 18th, 2013 I attended a lecture at the Munk Centre Entitled “The City and Its People: Civic Engagement […]