MARILYN CORNWELL

  It is almost half way through the year.  Have you considered starting a new hobby? Are there new hobbies to start?  Ones that didn't e...

  Back to tunnels.  The Brockville Railway Tunnel was the first railway tunnel built in Canada.  It takes 20 to 30 minutes minimum to walk t...

  Our quote yesterday feels like a Christmas story ending::   "Everybody will get their mittens" The beloved Bernie Sanders' m...

I went and checked out Terra Lavanda Farm yesterday.  It is nearby - only 15 minutes away.  With COVID-19 it is closed, so I didn't get ...

The Ides of March is "best known" in "modern times" as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44BC.  T...

Let's explore the possibility of the ugly Christmas sweater.  I remember the Christmas sweaters of 55 years ago - little embroidered...

Yesterday was Ontario's Day in the spotlight.   The world was watching our election.  We are in a similar position as the U.S. elect...

I was at  Beamer Falls Manor  yesterday - a heritage home bed and breakfast in Grimsby on the escarpment.  Its target market is weddings...

Marshall McLuhan brought alive the expression "the Global Village."  He went to Cambridge to earn his Doctorate.  He had both ...

It is a Strasburg Railway Day.  It is the oldest continuously operating railraoad in the western hemisphere.  It was chartered in 1832...

Time.com  kept track of the best April Fools Day pranks.  You can scroll through them  here .  The first one on the list is the return ...

Are there steam trains in Florida?  We're driving to Florida tomorrow for a month's stay.  I found the St. Marys...

I will be lecturing at the Toronto Botanical Gardens on Tuesday October 27 1:00 - 2:30 on the topic "The Garden Traveller".  ...

Strasburg Railway is today's subject with two portraits from this year's visit in May.  This is one of the few railroads in the...