I finally launched a long discussed travel presentation night – the idea gestated over the last year and was conceived when I was a friend’s at Christmas and we were all exchanging stories about trips to exotic overseas lands. Eventually a laptop was fired up and we were shown an impromptu slideshow. The problem wasn’t [...]
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The ImagineNATIVE Film Festival kicked off last night – following up on a busy summer in Toronto cinema festivals (Hot Docs, TIFF). The film festival runs international movies and “celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media.” One movie that caught my eye is [...] Two art show / exhibitions open this Friday that explore the geography of Ontario, one focusing on the man-made spit at the foot of Leslie St. in Toronto, and the other on the remote wilds of northern Ontario, north of Thunder Bay by and reached via Highway 11. I don’t really frequent art openings and [...] Last summer, my partner booked us on a novel trip—we traveled to Niagara aboard the “bike train” for its inaugural voyage. It was a cool experience. We arrived at Union Station in the morning, after biking through a misty High Park and along the lakeshore. The press was in full effect, and it seemed half [...] Last weekend we had a pretty great road trip. We drove from Toronto to the Kawarthas and then on to Bon Echo Provincial Park. It was pretty awesome, despite the cold. Our first stop was the family cottage at Head Lake – lots of fun putting in the dock in the cold, wind and rain! [...] Mike and the Bolsheviks in the Moskva Metro Well, of course, I’m not back from the “CCCP” but back from it’s biggest former member, Russia. I spent an amazing two weeks traveling in mostly southern Russia. I spent a week and a half in a city called Rostov (na-Donu) which is near the Azov and [...] Mike atop the Barron Canyon (Algonquin) I was born in August and my birthday fast approaches – it’s the 22nd! It’s been an interesting summer so far. Different work has come my way and all of it has been rewarding. My life has teemed with joy and appreciation and family/friend connections have blossomed and [...] It’s about 10am on a lovely Friday morning in High Park, and by this point my pal Coyote must be well on his way to Prince Edward County. The ambitious cyclist has about 150 km to cycle today, between his starting point at the Oshawa GO Train station and his final destination, Presqu’ile Provincial Park [...] |
Mike Simpson is a teacher, writer, musician and designer from Toronto, Canada. He is a new media enthusiast and has been "strongandfree" since 1996. Mike is working on new graphic design, developing websites and multimedia, and leading training workshops on weekends. Check out Strong+Free for his Design and Media work. Check out Mike's Edu-Tech Workshop site. Please contact him at this address: mike | strongandfree.ca 
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