One of my (slightly odd) personal traditions is to mark Katherine’s birthday by taking time on my own to wander, explore, think and generally mark the passage of time. After you have kids, you rather forget about your own age until your birthday rolls around and then you generally cringe slightly. With children in your…
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Flat Katherine and Winter
You may (or may not) recall that Flat Katherine was last seen in sunny Florida, strolling on the beach on New Year’s Day. Since then she has been hanging out with the grandparents of 3D Katherine in Clearwater, waiting for a particularly special trip. Several months ago, 3DK, her friend and I all went and…
Bell Island – a place for many adventures.
There is irony in a person who lives on an island going to still smaller islands in search of adventures. Fogo Island, Exploits Islands, and Bell Island have been among my insular destinations within Newfoundland. You can tack St. Pierre & Miquelon on to that tally if you wish, they being off the southern coast…
Windows and transparency
Churches are fascinating places to my eyes, particularly when empty. When a building that is designed to house a group of people with a common purpose is stripped of those people, even temporarily, it is like removing the leaves from a tree or the clothes from a body; the elegance of the lines and bones…
The Day of the Dragon
As you have undoubtedly heard, in the Chinese Zodiac, it is the Year of the Dragon. It should have occurred to me that dragons, like turtles, are reptiles. I’m not sure how I missed that. John thought turtles were amphibians, but clearly they are reptiles. Wikipedia says so, so it must be true. The turtles…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 