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Just like Saturday, Sunday was cold. Unlike Saturday, I did not have the luxury of staying indoors. We needed things for dinner (we were trying that viral peanut sauce dumpling bake) and a few items at the drug store. When Kathleen and I were getting prepared to leave (dressing as if we were preparing to…
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Yesterday was cold. Too cold. After showering, I got dressed and took a look out the kitchen window only to see the flags outside of a nearby hotel fully perpendicular to their mast and only to feel cold air passing through the leaks in the mostly-frosted 54-year-old windows. Right then. Hard. Pass. It would be…
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I don’t know what I expected from 2022, but the year began in Ottawa in a most unpleasant way. At least it did for those of us who live Downtown and in Centretown. Beginning at the end of January, a right-wing driven protest movement against COVID measures, but mostly against the Prime Minister, began to…
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I’ve always been a bit nervous about Rodinal in its 1+25 dilution. It doesn’t seem like it is warranted, but somewhere along the way, I came to believe that 1+25 would get me big grain and big contrast, which are qualities I don’t seek. Seeing the sun (yay!) on Thursday, I decided to take a…
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Once we were finished with the Bata Shoe Museum, we decided that we would pay a little visit to the Distillery District. I had only been once before (in the off season) and Kathleen had never been. I think the walk to and from the area was probably the best part of it. On balance,…