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A Different Route — Meeting YRT Ceasor

Feb 25, 2023 Ottawa Reflections

On a wintry night in January, with black ice coating the pavement, I drove out to the eastern Ontario town…

Emerging

Music as a Source of Healing – Devon Brown of SinnBadd

Jan 15, 2023 Ottawa Reflections

Devon Brown has spent nearly all of his life in eastern Ontario and mostly in the Cornwall area. He’s a…

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What were the most popular books in Ottawa in 2022?

Jan 15, 2023 Ottawa Reflections

Thanks to statistics compiled by the Ottawa Public Library, we now know the titles of the most popular reads in…

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The Mystery of a 19th Century Ottawa arsonist

Jan 14, 2023 Ottawa Reflections

It was around 2am on April 4, 1880, when the first of three false fire alarms occurred. The fire department…

Current

In search of the spare

Jan 9, 2023 Ottawa Reflections

I was perusing books this afternoon at Chapters in Gloucester when a man in a hushed voice asked a clerk…

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A ring of three kings

Jan 7, 2023 Ottawa Reflections

Last night I celebrated Epiphany at my place in Ottawa’s east-end with two friends. They brought a Rosca de Reyes…

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A Christmas Eve Reflection

Dec 23, 2022 Ottawa Reflections

For a child, the anticipation of Christmas is a time of excitement and joy as they count down the days…

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A bilingual and ecumenical Thanksgiving in Ottawa

Oct 8, 2022 Ottawa Reflections

On Friday evening, St. Joseph’s Parish, Paroisse Sacré-Coeur across the street from us and the Christian Reformed Chaplaincy held a…

Community

Snapshots of the 2022 Spencerville Fair

Sep 11, 2022 Ottawa Reflections

Among the good things about living in eastern Ontario are the country fairs this time of year. I usually visit…

Review

Discovering The First Lady of Manawaka

Jul 21, 2022 Ottawa Reflections

The First Lady of Manawaka is an excellent 1978 documentary on Canadian author Margaret Laurence, available in full on the…

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Notre Dame de Lourdes grotto in a winter storm. Photo: Ottawa Reflections
Vanier winter wonderland. Photo: Ottawa Reflections
A late summer evening on a lake in the Outaouais…this modest body of water is so reclusive that it doesn’t appear on any map. Photo: Ottawa Reflections
A bright and crisp autumn morning overlooking the Ottawa River. The fall is hands-down the best season in this region. Photo: Ottawa Reflections
Apple picking season in Ottawa. Photo: Ottawa Reflections
Flamboyant mushroom. Photo: Ottawa Reflections
A vintage car from the Roaring Twenties roars down Buena Vista. Photo: Ottawa Reflections
Rockcliffe Park. Photo: Ottawa Reflections
Hemlock Road. Photo: Ottawa Reflections
Hemlock Rd, Ottawa. Photo: Ottawa Reflections

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Lyrical language, at times haunting, and moments of dry humour weave through the three novellas in this collection. Set in and around Ottawa, these stories examine the peripheries of society. Click on the cover to order through Amazon in paperback or Kindle ebook format.

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