Tales from the Shed
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The Long Way Back to C
I wasn’t expecting the graphite to catch my attention.
There are considerably more spectacular things to look at.
Those who have been following my adventures over the past year will know that I have been slowly assembling a small collecti...
The Magnet that isn’t a Magnet
The Right-of-Way Mine in Cobalt, Ontario, beside the Ontario Northland Railway mainline—a corridor running north from Toronto to the James Bay tidewater at Moosonee. Photo by the author.
Cobalt had a bad reputation long before anyone knew...
What remains when the ground moves?
The Milky Way photographed near Algonquin Park by the author Sept. 18, 2026.
Fifty-seven years ago today, on Sunday, September 28, 1969, the Ontario Science Centre opened its doors to the public.
Seven thousand people came on the first d...
The Strength to be Bound
There is a word in the United Nations Charter that I keep returning to: small.
The preamble affirms the equal rights of nations “large and small.” The distinction is almost disarmingly ordinary. Everyone knows that countries differ in popu...
Greenland: the meaning of permanent
Amalienborg, Copenhagen. The new Greenland defence agreement reaffirms the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark while extending its strategic commitments. Photo by the author.
An update to the September 21 piece | Drafted 2026-09-22 | Re...
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Exploring science, history, and human understanding from a shed somewhere north of Lake Ontario. Writer, researcher, and host of Infinite Shed, broadcasting through the facilities of Trent Radio, CFFF-FM 92.7 and trentradio.ca, Mondays at 7 p.m. ET.
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