hedley bontano, Author at bontano

Free Trip to Egypt

By hedley bontano | October 6, 2019 |

Free Trip to Egypt is a documentary film project dreamed up by Egyptian-Canadian-Swiss software entrepreneur, Tarek Mounib.

Is it bad to walk on an escalator?

By hedley bontano | September 21, 2019 |

Escalator photo by Arthur Edelman on Unsplash

In which Hedley resists the efficiency imperative of Uytae Lee’s CBC critique of escalator-walking.

On Ducks and Dumplings

By hedley bontano | September 9, 2018

Recent dining adventures in Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC

My Year of (few) Books: 2017

By hedley bontano | January 1, 2018

As 2017 ends and the next year begins, a a brief summary of books read in the past year. It’s a shorter list than usual.

My Year of Books: 2016

By hedley bontano | January 2, 2017 |

Another year, another stack of #95books, or as near to it as I get.

My Year of Books: 2015

By hedley bontano | December 31, 2015 |

I spent another year tweeting my books using the #95books hashtag. I shall herewith provide the summary for 2015.

A Small Conventicle of Magpies

By hedley bontano | June 30, 2015 |

It’s been almost eight months since i wrote positively about my initial experiences of Calgary. If you recall, number eight on the list was the locally-ubiquitous Black-billed magpie.

Bragg Creek

By hedley bontano | May 1, 2015 |

Now that the weather is a bit better, I can leave the city on my bike and enjoy a reduced likelihood of hypothermia. Yesterday, I did that for the first time.

My Year of Books: 2014

By hedley bontano | December 31, 2014 |

Here, book lovers, is my 2014 reading list. I hope that, as I have had my literary world broadened through my exposure to other readers, some of you may also discover new writers through my list.

A brief meditation on snow

By hedley bontano | November 28, 2014 |

After so many years of wet Vancouver snows (roughly one week of each winter), I’d forgotten how pleasant a dry, powdery accumulation can be.

In Which I Say Positive Things About Calgary

By hedley bontano | November 9, 2014 |

Yes, there are some obvious drawbacks to Calgary, and I’ll probably complain about all of them at one time or another. But one doesn’t have to dig too deeply to come up with things to like, either. Here are my top ten, so far.

Phantom of the Paradise

By hedley bontano | September 14, 2014

In 1974, a destined-for-cult-status campy rock musical written and directed by Brian De Palma was released to a great flood of inattention: Phantom of the Paradise was a bit of a flop. De Palma’s eighth film was successful in only one North American market, which just happened to be my market at the time – Winnipeg.