by mvboronowski | Oct 6, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Thanksgiving traditions are treasured. Thinking back though, I realize that it has been a very long time since I had a traditional Thanksgiving. Hearing people discuss their plans for the upcoming weekend of feasts had me feeling a bit dejected for the past few weeks....
by mvboronowski | Oct 5, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
If you read my post “The Laser: the People’s Boat“, this thing is the complete opposite. While the Laser gives rise to communities of sailors young and old, this thing discourages them. At 93 metres long, “The Eos” ranks as the largest private...
by mvboronowski | Oct 3, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
It’s Saturday afternoon. As I type this every part of my body is throbbing with the dull ache of stiffness, fatigue, defeat, and aging. On Thursday night, my basketball team was thoroughly trounced by our younger, sprier opponents. The nine of them defeated us...
by mvboronowski | Oct 2, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Ok. I admit it. I’m biased. I happen to have a birthday that falls right at the beginning of the month. But that’s not why I like – no scratch that – love October. Let’s start with the season itself fall. Fall seems to come into its own...
by mvboronowski | Sep 28, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
My favourite podcast is Stop Podcasting Yourself, starring Dave Shumka and Graham Clark (@daveshumka @grahamclark on the Twitter). For the record, I subscribe to, like, 10 podcasts and my actual favourite is CBC’s This is That, but, technically it’s really...
by mvboronowski | Sep 27, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Ontario is on the cusp of a provincial election. It is one of a number of provincial and territorial elections that will be happening before the end of 2011, including Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon, and Northwest...
