Welcome to the second in the series on the world’s largest lakes, the header on the first of the five Great Lakes: Superior. While the Caspian Sea is a bit of a controversial choice as a “lake,” there is absolutely … Continue reading The Lake Superior Day Thread

Hello, and welcome to what will become another series of headers I only manage to return to sporadically: counting down the world’s largest lakes. We begin, already, with controversy, as not everyone considers the Caspian Sea to be a lake … Continue reading The Day Thread of the Caspian Sea

It’s been a few months since I made an entry in my sporadic series on great public squares, so I wanted to go local for this one. Berczy Park is a small 0.4 hectare plaza and green space located behind … Continue reading The Day Thread Visits Berczy Park

Welcome to my ongoing series where I forgot that I signed up for a Day Thread and am just posting a low effort header instead of what I planned. Anyway, here’s a nice cover of the Stan Rogers classic “The … Continue reading The Day Thread Will Rise Again

In 2016, beloved Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip announced that leader singer and lyricist Gord Downie had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Subsequently they also announced a tour – they would be playing 15 shows across Canada in … Continue reading The Day Thread is Ahead by a Century

Cusco, Peru is one of the oldest cities in the Americas, founded centuries before even the Inca Empire, who would make it their capital and, briefly, into perhaps the most important city in South America. And like all great cities, … Continue reading The Day Thread Visits Plaza de Armas, Cusco

I signed up to do a Day Thread today, and then as is the case about 50% of the time I forgot to write something. So have a bit of Canadiana instead: Have a great day! Continue reading The Last Saskatchewan Pirate Day Thread

A recent CityNerd video on public squares (out on Nebula right now, but not YouTube yet) got me thinking that a good series of OT headers could be on some cool squares from around the world. I love a good … Continue reading The Praça do Comércio Day Thread

Welcome back to another in my irregularly posted series of Open Threads where I post pictures from and a little bit about places I’ve been. Today we’re visiting Celestún, Mexico, a small town of about 6,200 people, located on the … Continue reading The Day Thread Goes to Celestún

On November 10th 1975, at approximately 7:15 pm, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with all hands in a gale on Lake Superior. The exact cause of her sinking is unknown, though theories include her having struck a reef in … Continue reading The Day Thread of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Yes, it’s time for an Open Thread that I’m using as an excuse to revisit some travel I’ve done and share some photos. Sighișoara is a small city of about 24,000 people, located close to the geographic centre of Romania … Continue reading The Day Thread Visits Sighișoara, Romania

Itsukushima, Japan, more popularly known as Miyajima (which translates to “Shrine Island”) is a small island just to the southeast of the city of Hiroshima. The island is mountainous, and home to a number of temples and shrines, including the … Continue reading The Day Thread Visits Miyajima

Today is September 30th, the National Day of Truth and Reconcilliation here in Canada, so I thought I’d feature an Indigenous artist I happened to catch recently at a festival, who I thought were quite good. Twin Flames hail from … Continue reading The Twin Flames Day Thread

I signed up for the Day Thread and forgot to write up the post that I had in mind. So instead, here’s a header devoted to the Common Loon, my favourite bird. I always love seeing them gliding past on … Continue reading The Common Loon Day Thread

The Shuffle Demons are a jazz fusion band from Toronto, Canada. In 1986, they had a surprise Canadian Top 40 hit with their ode to the bus on Spadina Avenue, which runs through Toronto’s main Chinatown. They are also far … Continue reading The Day Thread gets on the Spadina bus