The flowering time for plants can be very short, which, of course, is not unique to here. Some species flower for longer than others. Chrysanthemum and thistle flowers can last for weeks or months.… [Read More]
Even as I type this, thousands of hockey fans are preparing for tonight’s big game, where Montreal’s Canadiens (aka The Habs, short for habitant, a Quebec settler) will be playing the Sabres in the Eastern Division semi-finals.… [Read More]
Remember “Yanny or Laurel?” I experience a similar thing here on the metro.
On the Orange Line, there’s one station that gets announced and the way I hear it is very misleading:
To my ear, that sounds like “prochaine station row-zoo.”… [Read More]
Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) are one of those plants that people generally either hate or scarcely notice at all. While they produce cheerful yellow flowers and “puffballs” of floating seeds that fascinate young and old, for some reason they’re stereotypically the scourge of The Great North American Lawn.… [Read More]
A lot has happened since last I wrote here. These are some of the stand-out stories of the past six months:
There’s a new Prime Minister of Canada, for one.… [Read More]
It’s definitely autumn and cold here now, about 50F-60F during the day and the 40F range at night. Hard to believe that after all those sticky, enervating, humid heat waves, I’m looking at the furnace panel trying to remember how to turn it on.… [Read More]
Link to Part 1 here.
Today (September 30th) is la Journée de la vérité et de la réconciliation, or the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. It honors the memory of thousands of Indigenous children who were taken from their families between 1867 and 1996 and sent to federally-run residential schools, where they were abused, neglected, and often died.… [Read More]
Many, many years ago, when Sylvain was visiting relatives in Indianapolis, one of his cousins gave him a copy of a Mad Magazine publication* that he was too young to understand.… [Read More]
Sure you do, from our 2022 rental building:
That voice! Sexy Elevator!Now, in 2024, we have Banshee Bathroom Fan:
Banshee Bathroom Fan, or “Boggart of the Bog”The shrieking usually goes away after a couple minutes, but: le sigh.… [Read More]
