Gavan P.L. Watson
I was surfing the web, as I am want to do, and came across the following story: Good Samaritan returns $1-million purse
The gist of it is this: a Toronto family, in California for a wedding, left a gen-u-ine Louis Vuitton purse filled with jewelry and cash on a bench while sightseeing. They did [...]
I’m in the middle of marking my student’s major assignment for the year: research essays on any topic of their choice that relates to the course’s themes. Generally speaking, this means that their essays should have something to do with the environment, art, technology, education, philosophy and culture. I’ve enjoyed reading them, but I can’t [...]
Heather and I would like to introduce you, virtually, to our new Border Terrier puppy, Ollie. He’s the bed-hog front and center in the photo below:
He was born on January 30th, 2006 at Foxrun Kennels, just outside of Beavertown, Ontario. Ollie isn’t home yet: we’re picking him up next Wednesday night. [...]
In a feat of short-term planning (especially considering there’s a toddler involved with these plans), JJ, Woody and Anna came to Toronto today to visit us (us being myself, Lee, Katie, Natasha, John, Toby & Lexi) and visit some farm animals. Heather really wishes she could have come along, but was coaching diving this morning. [...]
Heather and I are proud new owners of a Panasonic Lumix FZ7-a 6MP, 12x zoom, image-stabilized wonder. You can read all about it here, here and here.
I recorded the whole unpacking process and have a album with all the photos.
Behold the money shot…
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So, VoIP seems to be the newest way to save a buck or two and screw over Bell (or Rogers in my case) at the same time. There are a couple of routes to go if you’re interested in calling over the Internet. For the moment, I’ve decided that I’m not ready to throw in [...]
Heather and I are dog-sitting Katie and Lee’s Herbie (or Herbie’s Katie and Lee, depending on your perspective on who “owns” who in human-dog relationships). So far so good. The only down-side is that Herbie’s a double-dumper: two shits a walk. It either means you burn through plastic bags at a rate of two per [...]
So my first trip to the American Association of Geographer’s Annual Conference went off without a hitch. We left on Tuesday and got back early Sunday morning. I presented a post-structual analysis of a recent sighting of a Barn Owl on the Ontbirds listserv. It brought down the house.
Just added a little script in the sidebar that lets you know what I’ve recently been listening to…gotta love content that updates itself…
Also kinda cool is the green arrows to the left of the track. Click on it, and you’ll hear a short sample of the song. Now you get to enjoy my bad [...]
About me
I am an education researcher and practitioner, with a focus on higher education and the environment. I consider myself, above all, a naturalist. I'm the pack-mate of two border terriers. I live within the Speed River Watershed in Guelph, Ontario. I enjoy photography. I lead nature tours across North America. I teach courses on Natural History. I likely spend too much time on the Internet.
Oh, and the opinions expressed here are wholly my own.
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