I am beginning the new year with a renewed commitment to improve my photography skills. The only way I'm going to do that is by taking lots of pictures and getting them out there in the hopes that people will give me some feedback and advice. So I've developed a little plan that I hope will allow me to produce a lot of images without it becoming a tedious chore.

It's a pretty simple plan actually. I'm just going to make sure I take at least a few pictures everyday. Each week I will post my favorite snaps to my flickr account, and then chose a few of these to edit in photoshop for posting here on the JamesBay.org blog.

I'm not sure how long I can keep this up, but one of the things that I would like to get out of this project a record of how the neighbourhood changes over time. So I plan to keep it up at least as long as I live here.

Anyway, I hope enjoy the photographs. Sage advice and pointers are more than welcome. Please feel free to leave comments below, or on the images on my flickr page.

And don't forget this space is always open for you to display and promote your own creative projects of whatever sort. If we can digitize it then there's room for it on JamesBay.org!

Read on to see Week One of the James Bay Photography Project.

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This is a continuation of my series on the construction of the British Columbia Legislature, right here in James Bay. If you are interested and would like to read more, you will find links to the previous installments at the end of this post.

I thought I would ease back into blogging after the holidays with an exploration of what I think are some of the more interesting features of the British Columbia Legislature's structure and design. And I thought I would start with the library, not just because I walk by it every day, but because it's full of decorative flourishes and stands as a noteworthy example of late nineteenth and early twentieth century public arcitecture.

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We're taking a break this week to celebrate the holidays, but the JamesBay.org Blog will be back in the new year with a steady stream of content for and about the people of James Bay.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for reading our blog, wish you a safe a happy holiday season, and offer best wishes for the coming year.

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ON THE SIDEWALK by Jack Kerouac

Fig. 10-A Jack Kerouac & William Burroughs sit under a ringed Uranus.

Everything is back. 1950s American counter-culture celebrities are a part of everything -- so they're obviously back as well. And you'll never guess where? (Looking at the title of this article is cheating!)

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P L E A S U R E S

The original album cover for the 1970s classic BREAKFAST IN JAMES BAY featuring Ogden Point's own Dick Danger

The Ogden Point Cafe (just follow the beach -- you'll find it) is now featuring regular live music 530-7pm every Wed-Sat.

Sorry about the title of this piece. I took "oral pleasure" (appropriate for a cafe, no?) and fused it with "aural" to indicate musical appreciation. I assure you there is absolutely no subliminal perverse content in this title. It could be misleading. I know. I'm sorry. But, heck, at least it's a short title. NEW OGDEN POINT LIVE MUSIC EVENINGS was just too much for me to get my mouth around. ()

I stopped in a few nights ago to hear pianist Diane Taylor. She provided a marvelous, cozy backdrop for a warm drink and a pleasant conversation at the ocean's edge.

Drop by and check it out.

(And do try to put some money in the musician's tip jar.)

Yours,
me.

PS - Stay tuned to this blog in the weeks to come for a full-length Ogden Point story -- "WHO IS DICK DANGER?"