Cities
Granby, QC
It’s not a terrible town, I just chose a terrible day to go – I kept telling myself. Granby is in the middle of Montreal and Sherbrooke. Its majestic fountains were dry, the streets were quiet, and lollipop ladies only Read more
Iconic Places
Legoland Malaysia
Isn’t it every child’s dream to visit Legoland? It was mine. Even though I lived in Berlin for a year, I didn’t have the opportunity to visit Legoland in Germany, which is where the toy originated. I had to wait Read more
Iconic Places
Bishop’s University
Lennoxville was an independent city until 2002 when it was incorporated into Sherbrooke, Quebec. During French occupation, Lennoxville was known as Les Petite Fourches, little forks, while Sherbrooke was known as Les Grands Fourches, big forks. It was incorporated long Read more
People
Jay Johnson
The Haskell Free Library and Opera straddles the Canada-US border at Stanstead, Quebec. When the border closed, Canadian patrons couldn’t access the main door in Vermont, so a volunteer delivers books to communities in Quebec.
Iconic Places
Rue Canusa
Near Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont, Rue Canusa is formed by the combination of Canada and USA. Different from 0th Avenue in Surrey, the surveyors played a trick by splitting the border right down the middle of the road. Read more
Cities
Coaticook, QC
Almost halfway between Stanstead on the Canada-US border and Sherbrooke, Coaticook is a typical sleepy town with the rustic charm of the days of the horse and buggy. The landscape resembles that of southeastern French pre-Alps with the isolation of Read more
Malaysia
Tunku Zain Al-‘Abidin
The circumstances that led to me taking a photograph with the son of the reigning monarch of a Malaysian state were peculiar. He’s also the libertarian Malaysian think tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs. I was having dinner with Read more
Cities
Seattle, WA
I used to have a few friends that lived in Seattle, but by the time I actually got to visit Seattle they’d already moved out to nicer towns with less construction, fewer crazy people, and safer roads. There’s really not Read more
Iconic Places
Devil’s Tower
Theodore Roosevelt was a champion of the conservation of geologically important sites so Devil’s Tower became America’s first national park site. This odd collection of stone pillars were once the core of a volcano formed my molten magma pushing up Read more