I had a love of music, especially the Mendelssohn Choir in Toronto
Tom Thomson
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My mood is not the best today. I feel like a dead tree on the shores of Canoe Lake.
My sketch of Northern Lights 

Avoid companions that insist on claiming the stern seat in a canoe.
Civilization is a disease, barbarianism is a restoration of health - Julius Meier-Graefe 1908
In 1901 I followed my brothers to Seattle. I stayed four years and learned photo-engraving.
A man does not go through hell and come out an incurable optimist
1917 @Algonquin_pp brochure cover 

Apr 10, 1917 TORONTO GLOBE: CANADIANS LEAD IN TRIUMPH. CANADIANS PUT IN FRONT TO CAPTURE VIMY RIDGE 

Belted Kingfisher arrives today in @algonquin_pp #migratorybirds 

I need to sit down with Shannon to talk about my arrangements here. Money is one of my least favourite topics of discussion.
In my youth I had bouts of illness that kept me home from school.
Guiding yourself to bed by candlelight makes life feel less complicated.
My father did not believe I had the grit to stick things out
All the pretty girls are at Cache Lake.
Better to be wise and silent than a fool who speaks out
Two years is quite a slice out of ones life when almost 40!
I chose a good place to sketch on Joe Creek, just below Joe Lake Dam. Once again, it's the birches that dominate the scene.
1916 Sunrise #tt1916 

I stripped my life down to its bare essential.