Imaginestock . photo by Christy Worsoe . Imagine, if you will, a place where music and love fill the air, and every person works for free to build a utopian kingdom. Imagine a secret island hideaway whose location is only shared to people who’ve earned an invitation by a lifetime of good deeds. Imagine a […]
Imaginestock
September 18th, 2023 · 11 Comments · Merry Pranksters, Music, Real-life Adventure Tales
Tags: Bill Graham·Bob Marley·Dr. Seuss·Grateful Dead·Jerry Garcia·John Lennon·Max Yasgur·The Beatles·Woodstock
Central Continental Cowpokes & Friends Reunion, Winnipeg, August 22, 2023
August 28th, 2023 · 4 Comments · Music
Poster by Frank McTruck — who did ‘Pokes posters in the ’70s . The Central Continental Cowpokes — Winnipeg Folk Festival, 1977 Laney Hunt, Rick McGhee, Sue Hodgson, Bill Hodgson, Andy Roblin . Sadly, regular Cowpoke drummer, mandolin player and singer Brian Ridd was in Europe this month, but he was ably filled in […]
Tags: Andrew Roblin·Central Continental Cowpokes·The Belgian Legion·Will Hodgson
Squisha House in Bronte Village, Oakville
July 27th, 2023 · 4 Comments · Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
The Art of Glass, the Art of Business, and the Art of Love . One day a hundred years ago, or maybe it was five, I noticed this store called the Squisha House opened around the corner with insanely cool glass pipes! What the hell?! In little Bronte Village?! I had to investigate! After keeping […]
Tags: Bronte Village·Cameron Stubbins·Katelynn Stacey·Matt Robertson·Oakville Ontario·Squisha House
Oakville Astronomy Group
June 30th, 2023 · 1 Comment · Real-life Adventure Tales
Starry Nights in Bronte by Brian Hassett In my never-ending search for Adventure I stumbled into the coolest little enclave in the harbourfront park in front of my house — an astronomer’s meet-up digging infinity (to riff on Lord Buckley’s line). And these people are really doing it! Whenever there’s something special going on in […]
Tags: Albert Einstein·Bronte Village·Carl Sagan·Lord Buckley·Neil deGrasse Tyson·Oakville·Ontario
Fireworks in Oakville
May 31st, 2023 · 8 Comments · Real-life Adventure Tales
Fireworks in Oakville or The Day Florida Moved to Canada . . . What a riot we had last weekend in Oakville! A buncha teenagers came to my little harbourfront neighbourhood cuz it has a corner Variety store that’ll sell anything to anybody including fireworks to kids. We had a little to-do here a couple […]
Tags: Jack Kerouac·On The Road