The 750 m swim, 20 km bike ride, and 5 km run were the easy parts, at least for the accompanying persons! We got off to a bad start on exiting the tight turn in the driveway. With a bicycle and 3 adults in a tiny car, visibility was not optimal and the driver’s mind…
You know how summer cottages are – the home for cast off furniture and family flareups of both the incendiary and emotional kind. We spent the weekend at the cottage of some family friends. Everyone was encouraged to create a piece of art. (Disclaimer: The following account is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to…
The wine-producing Clare Valley drew my attention and gave me some ideas for my online identity. The main building at the small Clare airfield welcomes arrivals with two portapotties. I don’t think I’ll use the following photo as my blog avatar. Since it was midweek, the day trippers and weekenders from Adelaide were absent. That…
We’ve been in Australia for a week now… Sydney – Had coffee with a couple I hadn’t see in about 40 years – “Facebook finds” who happened to be visiting here from Venezuela. Then went to the Royal Easter Show which is a combo agricultural fair, midway, rodeo, trade show and entertainment event just like…
Everyone’s grandmother has an iPhone these days, so I need to step up the game to show that I am au courant. My own grandmother has been dead for some time now, and although my 90-year-old mother doesn’t have an iPhone, she does have a cell phone. Never mind that she carried it around for 3…
Enjoy this winter video.
Sorry to be repetitive, but the CBC radio program On the Coast has now posted links to the top-25 main contenders in the Worst Song Ever contest, and I have no other blogging inspiration. #1 has the most votes so far, for being the worst, but the contest isn’t over. The fact that I can…
The local CBC radio afternoon show (On the Coast, 690 AM, weekdays 3-6 pm) is running a competition for the Worst Song Ever. Each afternoon, nominations are announced, the firestorm of Twitter comments is discussed, and a featured song is played in its awesome entirety. Recently as I emerge from the underground parking after work, for the commute home, my…
Seeing Clarely 