Stroke Month, FAST, me, and maybe even you

June is Stroke Month, and I’m thrilled to be working with Heart & Stroke to raise awareness of the FAST protocol. Four simple letters that can save your life - indeed, my wife knew them, and she saved mine.

I was privileged to speak with Kerri Breen from CBC News Windsor, and the resulting story is here:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ontario-stroke-signs-poll-1.7223257

Please share as widely as you can. Stroke can happen to any of us. It happened to me.

Fun with contrails

It only looks scary
London, ON
May 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

It isn’t a rocket ride, but wouldn’t it be amazing if it was?

Sometimes all we can do is look up and dream.

This is one of those times.

#ldnont #london #ontario #canada #blue #sky #weather #wx #cloud #clouds #cloudspotting #contrail #aviation #flight #flying #aviation #avgeek #plane #planes #apple #iphone #shotoniphone #photography

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2 years of Lilly

More yogurt, please
Dryden, ON
June 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

This is Lilly at 2.

This is time moving faster than we might have once thought.

This is what limitless curiosity looks like.

This is the face of all that is possible.

This is joy.

#family #everything

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Hotel room still-life #7

It only looks like home
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
June 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Room 412, 7:08 a.m., far from home.

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Always be a ham

Carnivore vs. herbivore
London, ON
January 2024
This photo originally shared on Instagram

I’ve never eaten ham. But something about the way it looks has always captivated me.

I know, weird.

Still, you don’t have to be a foodie to appreciate the aesthetics of a particular dish or ingredient. And I had it at the back of my mind for years that someday I would take a bizarro photo of ham.

An opportunity presented itself a few months back during a routine grocery run with my wife. We do them together because, well, time is short and even something as seemingly everyday as pushing a cart can be just as special as candles and wine.

So when she stopped at the deli counter, I occupied myself with the display case - and I was particularly enamoured by all the exotic-looking stuff I’d never eat. Thankfully the attendant was quite understanding.

Making the ordinary seem somewhat less so. It’s a thing, apparently.

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