The Train From Airdrie Station Mon, 25 May 2026 09:57:17 -0400 en-ca © 2026 The Train From Airdrie Station yes f9da8ea7-f561-5feb-9e42-4099fbb8c5ad James Clark Jones episodic false A memoir of music, addiction, mental health, and resilience. 

An expat from small town Scotland to big city Toronto.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) James Clark Jones https://storage.buzzsprout.com/7e88h06tcies4tuai7iyxcsbpi18?.jpg The Train From Airdrie Station The Train From Airdrie Station. 10. The End. The Train From Airdrie Station. 10. The End. The real work begins post-sobriety. And for the loners of the world, it has unique challenges. 

Be fully engaged in the life you were given. With grace, and gratitude.

]]> The real work begins post-sobriety. And for the loners of the world, it has unique challenges. 

Be fully engaged in the life you were given. With grace, and gratitude.

]]> James Clark Jones Buzzsprout-19234328 Mon, 25 May 2026 09:00:00 -0400 1527 1 10 full false The Train From Airdrie Station. 9. Sober and Sixty. The Train From Airdrie Station. 9. Sober and Sixty. I got clean (finally) at 59. Sobriety is now the most important thing in my life. Never as a young man did I expect my path to lead me here. But in no way am I an expert in addiction. Find your own why.

]]> I got clean (finally) at 59. Sobriety is now the most important thing in my life. Never as a young man did I expect my path to lead me here. But in no way am I an expert in addiction. Find your own why.

]]> James Clark Jones Buzzsprout-19156842 Mon, 11 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 1690 1 9 full false The Train From Airdrie Station. 8. Do You Know What I Mean? The Train From Airdrie Station. 8. Do You Know What I Mean? Mitigating circumstances. Putting in the work to come to terms with addiction and depression, and learning not to quit.

]]> Mitigating circumstances. Putting in the work to come to terms with addiction and depression, and learning not to quit.

]]> James Clark Jones Buzzsprout-19150398 Sat, 09 May 2026 16:00:00 -0400 1317 1 8 full false The Train From Airdrie Station. Seven. Stranger In The Homeland. The Train From Airdrie Station. Seven. Stranger In The Homeland. At what point in leaving your place of birth for a new country, does one become a stranger, unable to return? Immigrant, citizen, or expat? 

One foot here, one foot there...

]]> At what point in leaving your place of birth for a new country, does one become a stranger, unable to return? Immigrant, citizen, or expat? 

One foot here, one foot there...

]]> James Clark Jones Buzzsprout-19060624 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0400 1267 1 7 full false The Train From Airdrie Station. Six. Big Muskoka Moon. The Train From Airdrie Station. Six. Big Muskoka Moon. There are two gifts my father gave me. One was to bring me to Canada for a better life, and a better opportunity.
The other is in our genes. He was a worker bee. Did what he needed to do. Always getting up. Son of a farmer. Never quit. You can’t ask for much more than that. 

With hard work, and acceptance, and the drive to learn, everything in your power. Everything is up to you.

]]> There are two gifts my father gave me. One was to bring me to Canada for a better life, and a better opportunity.
The other is in our genes. He was a worker bee. Did what he needed to do. Always getting up. Son of a farmer. Never quit. You can’t ask for much more than that. 

With hard work, and acceptance, and the drive to learn, everything in your power. Everything is up to you.

]]> James Clark Jones Buzzsprout-19031166 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0400 1830 1 6 full false The Train From Airdrie Station. Five. The Days of Convenience. The Train From Airdrie Station. Five. The Days of Convenience. Great music inspired me, especially early-seventies rock.  But at my peak as a guitar player, performing felt empty. Writing saved me, and my carefree highway years were gone. 

]]> Great music inspired me, especially early-seventies rock.  But at my peak as a guitar player, performing felt empty. Writing saved me, and my carefree highway years were gone. 

]]> James Clark Jones Buzzsprout-19003172 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0400 1512 1 5 full false The Train From Airdrie Station. Chapter Four. Practice. The Train From Airdrie Station. Chapter Four. Practice. Practicing to get better, through addiction and crazy times. Dedication over motivation all day long.

]]> Practicing to get better, through addiction and crazy times. Dedication over motivation all day long.

]]> James Clark Jones Buzzsprout-18921716 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0400 1441 1 4 full false The Train From Airdrie Station. Chapter Three. Wonder. The Train From Airdrie Station. Chapter Three. Wonder. Depression and mental health issues have less stigma now, but when I was a boy these things were unacknowledged. The scars remain, but hope beckons.

]]> Depression and mental health issues have less stigma now, but when I was a boy these things were unacknowledged. The scars remain, but hope beckons.

]]> James Clark Jones Buzzsprout-18886491 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0400 1422 1 3 full false The Train From Airdrie Station. Chapter Two. 1960. The Train From Airdrie Station. Chapter Two. 1960. "Growing up in Toronto, we got a lot of American news. A lot of Vietnam coverage, and body bags coming off planes. Hippies. Riots. Civil unrest. Expo ’67, the political rise of Pierre Trudeau (one of my teachers had his poster up in our classroom), trouble in the Middle East, astronauts, the Cold War, and the last time the Leafs won a cup."

]]> "Growing up in Toronto, we got a lot of American news. A lot of Vietnam coverage, and body bags coming off planes. Hippies. Riots. Civil unrest. Expo ’67, the political rise of Pierre Trudeau (one of my teachers had his poster up in our classroom), trouble in the Middle East, astronauts, the Cold War, and the last time the Leafs won a cup."

]]> James Clark Jones Buzzsprout-18846210 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400 1607 1 2 full false The Train From Airdrie Station. Chapter One. The Art of Songwriting. The Train From Airdrie Station. Chapter One. The Art of Songwriting. We came to Canada in the mid-sixties. From small town Scotland to big city Toronto. My childhood filled with the sounds of radio and television.  Living in a new place as immigrants, and ex-pats. One foot here, one foot there. Always a stranger.

Read my work on Substack 


]]> We came to Canada in the mid-sixties. From small town Scotland to big city Toronto. My childhood filled with the sounds of radio and television.  Living in a new place as immigrants, and ex-pats. One foot here, one foot there. Always a stranger.

Read my work on Substack 


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