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“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
― Marcus Aurelius
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The Two Most Important Women in My Life
This week I got to be part of something special. We're staying at my brother Jim's cottage on the Rideau Lakes, south of Ottawa, for as many days as we can before it gets
Looking to Setup a Wind Phone
It's a simple yet profound concept; placing a rotary phone not connected to any earthly system in a peaceful place where anyone who wants to talk to someone can do so. It's a
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Gone Fishing
“Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.” Henry David Thoreau American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.
White-Tailed Deer
Name: White-Tailed Deer: Odocoileus virginianus Notes: The White-Tailed Deer is the most widely distributed and the most numerous of all North America’s large animals. A doe will leave her fawn
American Bumble Bee
Name: American Bumble Bee: Bombus pensylvanicus Status: Special Concern The American Bumble Bee lives in the wild in Ontario, is not endangered or threatened, but may become threatened or
Newboro Wildlife
Just a few photographs of wildlife around Newboro, Ontario. We're fortunate enough to have family with a beautiful cottage on the Rideau Lakes. So if I'm not fishing I'm
Macro Photography
Macro photography is "extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is
Back at the Cottage
A year ago we started a journey we grew to appreciate with every passing mile. Today we're back at the cottage where it all started. There's something about being
Sad to See Our Camper Go
I didn’t think it would take long for our Bushwacker to sell and it didn’t. Watched it drive away on Thursday and, me being sentimental, it tugged at my heart
5 Reasons To Go On A Road Trip According to AI
There's been a lot of talk lately about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how much of a help/threat it is. So this morning I logged in to ChatGPT and asked
Thank You
My good friend Mohammad posted some photos he took of his family spelling out REHTAEH in rocks. Located in Saudi Arabia.
