Fall Pumpkin Patch Mini-Sessions Photoshoot taking place in Port Orange Florida. This will be a 15 minute photo shoot including 6 edited high resolution images. Up to six people, 6+ people will require a second session, please message me for... Read more
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Today is the first annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. September 30 is set aside to "honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process" of the Indigenous population. This is according to the calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action. Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island give the holiday official status; the other 7 provinces have varying degrees of acceptance. Here's hoping the holiday gets more official acceptance in subsequent years. Read more
Nurse.Fighter.Boy tells us we will get three stories. The boy Ciel (Daniel J. Gordon) is with his mother, the nurse Jude (Karen LeBlanc). Jude is getting treatment for sickle cell disease. Silence (Clark Johnson) is a boxer well past his prime who fights illegally to make a living. Jude and Silence end up in a relationship; he becomes a father figure for Ciel. Ciel is very responsible for his age. His mother works nights and he takes care of himself. The boy and his mother have a strong relationship. The film is very quiet and not just because Silence has that name. The story is about real life. This isn't a documentary but you feel like you are peeking in on real people. The film was a collaboration of 2 directors we admire. Charles Officer directed the film and Ingrid Veninger produced the film. Officer and Veninger co-wrote the screenplay. Read more
Flying to and from the United States and Canada is fairly easy, depending on your destination. As we learned from Greyhound leaving Canada permanently, the exceptions were noted for bus travel between the countries: New York City (via Buffalo) to Toronto; New York City and Boston to Montréal; and Seattle to Vancouver. Taking the train from the United States to Canada offers similar options. The Maple Leaf train runs Toronto-Niagara Falls-Syracuse-Albany-New York City. Amtrak goes New York City to Montréal. The West Coast swing finishes with Seattle to Vancouver. Read more
