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About Gabriel

I’ve lived in more than fifty places. I've been paid to pick stones out of fields, take backstage photos of Britney Spears, and report on Internet privacy issues. My photos have been published in several newspapers, and a couple of magazines.

White v. Red: Remembering what Remembrance Day is about

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Gabriel

. There’s a move on now to turn Remembrance Day in Ontario into a holiday. I don’t think it’s a good idea, for the same reason I think people in Ottawa are misguided to think it’s cool to sell white … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, Civil Rights, From My Wall, Nature, Photography, Politics, Quebec Politics, Writing | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Little Victor Update | The zombie, the Joker and the CAS case worker

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Gabriel

. Victor will be eleven months old in a few days. People have been asking if he can crawl yet, he can’t… at least not when he’s awake. I caught him doing push-ups in his sleep last week, he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Eastern Ontario, Family, Family Events, Favourites, Hawkesbury, Little Victor, Parenthood, Parenting, Photos, Seasonal, Vankleek Hill, Vankleek Hill Photos, Victor's Week In Review | Tagged | 4 Comments

Portraits Of People Who Can Make Me Smile 004

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Gabriel

I think it’s pretty obvious my girlfriend was born to be on the cover of a Simon & Garfunkel album… or in the local weekly newspaper which, coincidentally, is where a black and white version of this photo was published … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Family Events, Humor, Humour, Nature, Photography, Photos, Portraits, Published, Shambhala, Vankleek Hill, Vankleek Hill Photos | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Little Victor Update | First Thanksgiving, poo and cannibalism

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Gabriel

. It’s official, Victor is a cannibal. We just had to wait for his teeth to fully come through to find out for sure. Sometimes, when we’re feeding him his hard food, we’ll just kind of drop bits into his … Continue reading →

Posted in Almost Like Art, Entertainment, Family, Hawkesbury, Little Victor, Nature, Parenthood, Parenting, Photography, Photos, Portraits, Sunset Project, Vankleek Hill, Vankleek Hill Photos, Victor, Victor's Week In Review | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Enviro-mental Cat

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Gabriel

My cat can open cupboards, she can open the drawers on my dresser, when she was a kitten she could escape from every jail I put her and her siblings into. When she was still smaller than my fist she … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Entertainment, Everyday Stuff, Marginally Half Decent, Photography, Photos, Portraits, Shambhala, Vankleek Hill, Vankleek Hill Photos | Tagged | 3 Comments

Two Victor’s Update | Crawling, biting and talking

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Gabriel

. I might be jumping the gun here, I’m not sure what the protocol is, or what exactly constitutes “crawling”, but my kid — on camera — got into the crawl position, did his frog dance, then moved one knee … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool Stuff, CSN:AFU Aboot Me, Depression, Entertainment, Everyday Stuff, Family, Hawkesbury, Parenthood, Parenting, Photography, Portraits, Self Portraits, Vankleek Hill, Victor, Victor's Week In Review | Tagged , | 2 Comments