30
January
2012
8:23 pm
29
January
2012
4:36 pm
there he goes!
Outside just now, and a great cawing. Crows, wheeling about in the pinetops. One flew across my sight, very fast, through the branches, pulling up and out well away. I could see his wings beat as he went by. They looked calm, deliberate, and he must have been going twenty miles to the hour.
I have heard often of how birds are at home in the sky, in the open air, but only now am I aware of how at home they are in a plane full of obstacles, threading their way fearlessly, freewheeling on no track at all.
There’s no moral here, no homily. It’s just neat.
29
January
2012
12:53 pm
as that walrus said
The time has come. I’ve reduced my citizenship weblog to a single html page, preserving the outbound links and not much else. While it still got a lot of traffic, most of those incomers would be better served by going to the atlas of canada directly, or to the government’s own citizenship resources. And as a weblog, it was become a bit of a security risk for me.
Now I’m going to go do something fun with the rest of my Sunday.
22
January
2012
5:29 pm
so lonesome i could cry
Well, almost. The wind is up, the rain is fiercely down, the ferries aren’t running and so Nola is stuck in Vancouver for another night. And me with a case of beer and thawed chicken breasts ready to construct revelry and supper.
Here’s hoping the power comes back on, at the least. Otherwise I will have to refill the gennie in the dark. And cold. And sleety rain. It will suck to be me.
18
January
2012
10:40 pm
me and wikipedia
are both back up. We’re like twins.
