Tag: Canada

TRAVEL COMPANION

Friends and Companions, by Rich Paschall “In life, it’s not where you go. It’s who you travel with.” – Charles Schulz If you can travel with someone and come back as friends, then you have a good travel companion. I have had the good fortune of traveling with some people who were an absolute joy to spend … Continue reading TRAVEL COMPANION

DESTROYING THE BRAND

The Negative Fallout, by Rich Paschall From Madison Avenue to Wall Street, executives know the value of a good public image. Product sales depend on it. Stock prices depend on it. Companies work hard to achieve it. Many brand names have large advertising budgets to convince the general public of their positive qualities. Do you … Continue reading DESTROYING THE BRAND

AN ADVENTURE TO THE NORTH

Oh, Canada! by Rich Paschall  When I mentioned to some friends that I would be going to Toronto, they asked me if I was going to drive. It is a reasonable question. You can reach there in a little over 8 hours from Chicago. That is assuming you are not trying to drive through the … Continue reading AN ADVENTURE TO THE NORTH

WE HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO CANADA – BY TOM CURLEY

I’ve given up trying to make sense out of anything anymore. After over a year living in the waking nightmare that is our current government, I thought nothing could surprise me anymore. Do I know what SCROTUS is going to do tomorrow? What he’s going to do in the next hour? Hell no. I gave … Continue reading WE HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO CANADA – BY TOM CURLEY

War and Peace on Whitins Pond

And when the nest building and love-making are done, as the long spring afternoon stretches ahead, Mr. Mute-Swan stretches his wings and heads over to the other side of the pond to harass the Demon Geese who stole his nest. No matter that he has built a new nest and a very fine nest it is. … Continue reading War and Peace on Whitins Pond

A strange week ended as the flag rose high

I was, unexpectedly, at the Registry of Motor Vehicles in Worcester. We had finally ... and I do mean finally ... finished our little bit of business and I thought I should take a few pictures because I was there, I had a camera and the flags, flying at half mast, were snapping in the … Continue reading A strange week ended as the flag rose high

Fowl Invasion

It's spring and the swans are back on the ponds and have built a nest along the shallow marshy edge. Today, the Canada geese came and tried ... and I think succeeded ... in driving them out of their nest. I managed to catch some of the action. The photo was taken using a very long … Continue reading Fowl Invasion