Late Flights, Old Friendships & Exploring Vancouver Island’s Strathcona Provincial Park
Sometimes the bumpy journey to one’s destination just doesn’t seem worth it. In my case, an 8-hour delay at the Toronto airport flying to Comox on…
Daily Habits of a Mildly Obsessive Middle-Aged Man
By Robert Brodey Honestly, I didn’t set out to be a middle-aged man (it was fun being “young”), but life happens, and here I am at…
Taking a Time-In, St. Lucia Style
POST AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT BRODEY It’s spring 2024, and though the pandemic is largely over and most of us have “gotten on with our lives,”…
Mallorca –– On the Trail of La Vida Dulce
ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT BRODEY I begin with a confession. The Spanish island of Mallorca (Majorca) in the western Mediterranean has never been on my…
Loss and Reclamation: Rebuilding 1980s-Era BMX Bikes
An interview with Toronto’s Cash Lim By Robert Brodey Nostalgia is a funny thing, particularly as we get older. Growing up in Toronto in the 1980s,…
Memories and Hidden Treasures: Revisiting the European Travels of an 18 Year Old – 1987
It was dark when we schlepped into a quaint seaside town on the southern coast of the Italian island of Elba. Saddled with our backpacks, we…
Reflections of a Grounded Traveller During a Pandemic
2020 is shaping up to be the year of the perfect storm. As a global community, we are facing political and social upheaval, an environmental crisis…
Could Food Be the Best Medicine? Moving Toward Plant-Based Eating
Just over a month ago, I was flipping through Netflix trying to figure out what to watch. Then the documentary The Game Changers zipped by. For…
Intermittent Fasting – Testing the Waters
Let me begin with a story: Back in 2018, I met two Australians in their late 60s in the Italian Dolomites. These two grey-bearded fellows had…
Dreaming in Dolomiti
It has been a year and a half since I took the two-hour bus ride from the oppressive heat of the Venice airport up to cool…
Put Your Feet Up – You Deserve It and So Do Your Legs
The health benefits of regularly elevating your legs In the world of fitness and health, it seems there is a perpetual search for the silver bullet…
The Geography of Politics and a Visit to The Queen’s York Rangers
I’ve always loved new experiences. They serve as a counter-weight to a life of routine, which can dull the senses and make life feel a little,…
Wanted: Wide-Footed Runner Seeks Low Profile Trail Shoe for Running Trip to Italy’s Dolomites
Are you a trail shoe? Designed for distance? If so, I have some more questions for you! I’m looking for a shoe with a heel height…
Renewing My Vows to Winter
As a kid, I loved winter. Now I think winter in the city sucks. And I’m not going to apologize for saying that. I need Vitamin…
A Pain in the Back – Finding Relief with a Hip Circle
If you live most of your life without chronic pain then a stint at the pain-factory tends to not only be a humbling experience but also…