The “About Us” page on the Town of Epsom site says: “Established in 1727, Epsom offers a rural feel with its farm lands and warm community feeling. The Town of Epsom is six miles long, and four and one half miles broad.” And in the year 2020, when Covid has killed many livelihoods, businesses, social activities, baseball leagues, choirs (Mom
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This is the sign that greets visitors to Wasaga Beach. Some kind of weird sparkly logo the town paid money for and hey, I’ll let that slide. But this year what it should say is, “If you are from the Toronto area or Barrie, turn around and go home.” So, some history. Last summer high water levels reduced the actual
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I grew up in Toronto but the mass gathering at Trinity-Bellwoods Park got me thinking… Trinity Bellwoods sounds like a bitchy character on a Netflix high school drama. Born rich, privileged, clueless. Which reminds me, I’m a few episodes away from the conclusion of Outer Banks (really good) but…. Those park-loving (mostly) young folk. The dozens I’ve seen recently at
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“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” A prediction made in 1962 by Decca Records about a band that went on to do very well with guitar music. Young lads from Liverpool. John Lennon on rhythm guitar, George Harrison on lead guitar, Paul McCartney on electric bass guitar and Ringo Starr behind the drum
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Back in the early ‘80s, after high school and prior to college, I had a summer job. Photocopying documents for a legal battle between the Newfoundland government and an oil refinery. The details are not relevant to this blog thought to this day I recall one of the participants was Homer White. Homer likely left this world many years ago. One
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