Tag Archives: transit

Sufficient Unto the Day (and the Rest)

July 23, 2024 Unfortunately, Google Translate doesn’t do Latin. And according to some critics of the text, this looks fake. Admittedly, my Latin is a little rusty, but I couldn’t make head nor tail of these words. My title says … Continue reading

Posted in personal | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A Short Discussion about One’s Own Chart Ruler

Jupiter in the 2nd House Ellie Adams has done it again. Just yesterday, she posted a YouTube video about this very subject matter, one that I had not paid too much attention to before. The reason that I pay attention … Continue reading

Posted in personal, spirituality | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Researching a Dream Image

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night Sometime in the early 1980’s, I had a dream that seemed from the past. On a bus ride through some heavily wooded areas, I had to assist the driver who was having a … Continue reading

Posted in personal, spirituality | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

My Love of Trains Started Young

Allandale Railway Station In 1955-6 we lived in New Lowell. The Thorpe grandparents lived in Toronto. That made for a long trip by car in those days. I have a distinct memory of this railway station, then on the outskirts … Continue reading

Posted in history, personal | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The TTC: Toronto Transit Commission

This is a pictorial homage to a institution that I grew up with in the city of my birth: the Toronto Transit Commission. Streetcars My earliest memories include Sunday rides on streetcars, the Toronto tram system. They were steamy in … Continue reading

Posted in history, personal | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment