#alex macaskill

[walrusmagazine]

How The Lord of the Rings Made Me a Better Parent

Tolkien's trilogy teaches us how to stay hopeful in the face of overwhelming odds

Like Tolkien's Fellowship, today’s children and adults face a landscape of possible paths into the future that is, frankly, terrifying in its complexities and risks. If we’re going to choose a good path—good not just for ourselves narrowly but for all of humanity—we need discriminating criteria for selecting among the multitude of options we face.

Read more at thewalrus.ca.

Illustration by Alex MacAskill (midnight-oil.ca).

[lennymullins]

Here's a few photos I took for The Coast Halifax's Weekly over the weekend of a new up and coming two-piece garage rock band, Dregs. Dregs hails from Halifax and consists of Alex MacAskill and Ryan Dunn both of whom switch between guitar and drums in their live show. They're all about fun and putting on a very energetic live show that gets the people movin'. The have some Atlantic Canada show dates coming up which includes the illustrious Halifax Pop Explosion. Make sure to check them out!  You can listen to a couple of their tracks here: http://www.dregsdregsdregs.bandcamp.com

And give some Facebook love at: https://www.facebook.com/DregsDregsDregs/timeline

While you're at it, feel free to give me some of that social network love!

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