July 2011 Blog Posts (8)

I arrived in Florenceville, New Brunswick shortly after 4pm today. It was a dreary, dark, and rainy 9 hour bus ride from Halifax. Surprisingly I slept most of the way, contorting my near 6-foot body into all sorts of fun shapes. Slight loneliness in my heart, for I have been visiting with my loved ones (friends & family) since the first of July. I left Mexico July 1^st – and since then I have passed through 2 states (1 US, 1 Canadian) and 5 provinces. Falls Brook…

It is a fortunate situation, I think, to live in a country where railroad culture is still alive. Although passenger trains in Canada have had their trials, with certain routes being discontinued over the years, it cannot be denied that a presence is still held. The VIA # 1 line, The Canadian, from Toronto - Vancouver, with stops in between, is basically a moving museum. Most of its cars date back to the 1950's - the stainless steel units having withstood the test of…

1. What is Emerge and how did it come about?

A group of four young artists created the Emerge Artists Collective back in 2004, as a means for them to show their work collectively and become more familiar with the whole exhibition process. The original founders have scattered to all corners of the country since, but the collective continues to attract new emerging artists every year. We currently count a dozen members who, in typical fashion, work in a variety of media…

"Amazing Grace. How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me.

I once was lost but now am found,

Was blind but now I see.”



The train helped deliver me to this hymn.



I found myself singing as I stood in line for the last supper of the 2011 Winnipeg Folk Festival, in Birds Hill Park, Manitoba. Just days earlier, for a friends wedding, I’d played my guitar on the porch of a large mansion called ‘Covenhoven’. Covenhoven is…

Happy Independence Day. I was sure to get out of America at the crack of dawn this morning, there was no way I was going to celebrate with them having not celebrating my own country’s holiday. I got into BC this morning, Vancouver to be exact, at around 1030 and pops and I hit up a delicious dim sum spot. I plan to get my fix of cuisine from most of the Asian countries whilst I am here…soo yummy…especially after weeks and weeks of straight Mexican. I currently sit at uncle David’s, old roots…