September sunset in Ottawa, Ontario

I stepped out onto our hotel room’s balcony to photograph this sunset while we were in Ottawa, Ontario, over the Labour Day weekend.

I stood there, mesmerized, long after the shutter had opened and closed.

Kincardine, Ontario: Sun setting into the rough waters of Lake Huron

[Begin vacation]

Run each morning along the shoreline trails. Walk to the beach each night to watch the sun set. Drink gin and tonics while gliding lazily on the porch swing in the afternoons. Pop out the back door to snip fresh thyme, oregano, parsley, and chives from the herb garden while ...
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Office sunset

Wynford Drive and Garamond Court, looking west | Thursday, January 15, 2009, 5:04 p.m.

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

—Dylan Thomas, from “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”

Downtown Toronto from Riverdale Park East, at 28 degrees below zero

Riverdale Park East | Friday, January 16, 2009, 5:23 p.m.

Orange reached up, dug its nails into the flat body of the sky, and hung on for dear life. With Blue rising up to swallow it whole, Orange resisted, kicked Blue back down to the snow-covered ground, and shook the last of ...
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