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Would love to ride today but need to hunker down here and get some stuff done. My weekend was not my own and I need to get some things done including in the garden. It looks like a perfect day for riding so I decline with reluctance.
Hello Reluctant Gardner!
Sorry to hear that you are too, too busy to ride with a Crash Test Dummy/Non Bus Savvy Bumpkin but I understand The Sisterhood brings more pressure to bear than just some solo cyclist. I might scatter a few of Nicotine Man's ashtray leavings at Stink Island in memory of the lads who used to ride quite regularly in days of yore.
No never mind, I'll spend my time, post-ride planning all the malts I'll be able to afford, having filed my tax return yesterday, CRA site being up again. Unless, of course, The Heartbleed Bug compromised my data and my considerable direct deposit refund goes into Imelda's numbered shoe account! Still, I have the NRBC Piglet as backup. One anaemic bottle of porch cleaner is better than no leg chain solvent at all! Cheers, The Lone Wide Ranging Rider!
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Hi Maggie!
Thanks for details on Chris. Is the John T you refer to John Trelevyn? I knew him at UC. With respect to Mexico, we rented a house for two months in Guyabitos, about an hour north of Bucerias, in 2011. at the end of our stay there we stopped off in Ajijic, on the shores of Lake Chapala, to stay with Harriet Hart, (Dixon when at UC. Did you know her?), and her husband Paul in their gorgeous home. They have decided to live in Mexico permanently. Her son, Nathaniel, from her first husband, Gordon Carnegie, lives in Winnipeg and is a lawyer there.
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Will probably be a fairly quiet evening tonight as last meal with Clara and Dusty before we drive east at the end of July. Folk Fest is on over the the weekend of 18th-20th. As Elders, (not Seniors!), a weekend pass is $70 as opposed to $140 per person so a pretty good deal. Cora Lee's birthday is on July 19th so I often ask to have that announced on Main Stage, something that has always been done. One year, Bill Richardson was emcee and he gave her a special toast. We knew him from U of Wpg and he came out to Vancouver to go to Library School to become a Children's Librarian before his career with CBC. Will probably leave a few days later. Who knows, perhaps we'll swing by your place on return leg if you will be around. Have other friends and relatives in Edmonton and we've not driven northern route, via Jasper, in some time.
Hi Janet!
Congratulations on your new position as Head at Dunbar! Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to wonderful news! Bravo!!! Cora Lee said she had mentioned this but I must not have heard what she said, at time, as your message came as a complete surprise. Anyway, wonderful, wonderful news so congrats again!
At any rate, we are here until we leave for Winniped towards the end of July so perhaps we can arrange to get together, once we are back from Mexico in early May. Would still like to see Eyob and family so need to keep that in mind as well. All the best from Cora Lee who is busy preparing for a Special Strata Meeting this evening. She is Secretary. Cheers, Patrizzio!
I do know the LSCR and really like that ride but haven't done it for some time. With the work on the Second Narrows bike route, the narrow passageway is doubly dicey with all traffic, bike and pedestrian, forced onto west side, until completed, some time next year, I believe.
Should
be grand when done, however. Still, I'm keen to do it. Whether I
approach via Lions Gate or East Van, we can determine when we set a
date. Work on Low Level Road, east of Lonsdale, makes this approach more
"trying" so caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea!At any rate, we are here until end of July so perhaps we can arrange to get together in early May. All the best from Cora Lee. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Stats for today's ride:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/480162418#.U0xxlN7f5PE.email
Hi Pat Am on a deadline for a Canada Council grant proposal for the Vancouver Co Lab of which I am a member....Do you know anyone in the vancouver area bicycle community who could write me a letter of support for our project?? Are you an official of a bike club?? Ron
I am writing to obtain a support letter for a Canada council grant application on behalf of the Vancouver Community Lab:
http:/vancommunitylab.com
The application requests funding to engage the biking community in Vancouver to design and create novel bike racks for safety and security.
Here is the grant objective ----- The artists of the Vancouver Community Laboratory (Co Lab) proposes a program of working with Vancouver cyclists to create a number of safe, robust and graceful bike racks for the East Vancouver neighbourhood in areas amenable to supporting cyclists. Co Lab artists will hold design workshops with local stakeholders, from school children to business owners in order to locate, plan and build colourful and sturdy bike racks which will be an asset to the community as well as unique works of art.
I would appreciate it very much if you could email me a brief note of support.
Sincerely, Ron Simmer Co ordinator, Vancouver Co LAb
To whom it may concern,
We at XXXXXX, (Cycling BC), are aware that he artists of the Vancouver Community Laboratory (Co Lab) proposes a program of working with Vancouver cyclists to build a number of safe, robust and graceful bike racks for the East Vancouver neighbourhood in areas amenable to supporting cyclists. Co Lab artists will hold design workshops with local stakeholders, from school children to business owners in order to locate, plan and build colourful and sturdy bike racks which will be an asset to the community as well as unique works of art.
Xxxc, (Cycling BC), supports this project as a way of creating outreach in the community, bonding with the community, creating and much needed amenity and a great education project for the participants.
http:/vancommunitylab.com
The application requests funding to engage the biking community in Vancouver to design and create novel bike racks for safety and security.
Here is the grant objective ----- The artists of the Vancouver Community Laboratory (Co Lab) proposes a program of working with Vancouver cyclists to create a number of safe, robust and graceful bike racks for the East Vancouver neighbourhood in areas amenable to supporting cyclists. Co Lab artists will hold design workshops with local stakeholders, from school children to business owners in order to locate, plan and build colourful and sturdy bike racks which will be an asset to the community as well as unique works of art.
Sincerely, Ron Simmer Co ordinator, Vancouver Co LAb
To whom it may concern,
We at XXXXXX, (Cycling BC), are aware that he artists of the Vancouver Community Laboratory (Co Lab) proposes a program of working with Vancouver cyclists to build a number of safe, robust and graceful bike racks for the East Vancouver neighbourhood in areas amenable to supporting cyclists. Co Lab artists will hold design workshops with local stakeholders, from school children to business owners in order to locate, plan and build colourful and sturdy bike racks which will be an asset to the community as well as unique works of art.
--
Ron Simmer, www.artsblast.com
[Diana Hardie
Director of Finance & Administration
Cycling British Columbia (Canada)] Hi Mr Grizzle!
Sorry, no formal bike club affiliations but I'll forward this to a number of people who might know somebody, Sara McGillivray, for one. Sounds like a great proposal. Buona Fortuna, Patrizzio!Hi Sara Jane and Lads, Beautiful Bike People All! Anybody know anybody who might help Mr Grizzle? Thanks and Cheers, Patrizzio!
Diane, is there anyone in your
organization who might be able to offer a letter of support for this
application. Ron Simmer is a squash player (for what that is worth) an
artist -- sculptor. Thanks, George
And a Curmudgeon, (That's worth its weight in gold!), to boot! Hence, Mr Grizzle! Thanks, Giggster! Cheers, Il Conduttore!
Pat/Ron, Ron may have already received this. Diane is also a squash player at VRC and works at Cycling BC. Letter of endorsement attached. G
Hi Diane et al!
Thanks very much for helping out so quickly. As
well, thanks, Giorgio, for making connections. Much appreciated, I'm
sure, by Mr Grizzle! This will warrant you both, it goes without saying,
an invitation to The Great Ronaldo's fabulous summer bbq! Cheers, Il
Conduttore!Absolutely! thanks again
Ron Simmer
Hi Kjell!
Quite distressed to learn about the nasty skin infection. Trust most recent medication will prove efficacious. Please don't worry about cabin visit. Nothing worse than having to to try to enjoy oneself when feeling poorly. In fact, probably just as well that overnighter is put on hold for now. Cora Lee is coming off a very nasty head cold, although she is pretty well back to normal. Added to that, she had another colonoscopy last Wednesday and all went well but she had two polyps removed. On Thursday she started to have sevre stomach pains. Fortunately they subsided over the next two days and she felt she was over the worst. However, on Saturday she felt very poorly and even considered having me take her to Emergency as she had a temperature and just felt horrible. However, after a nap she felt marginally better so decided not to go to hospital.
That night we
had been invited downstairs to have dinner with Flamin' and Sarge. She
joined Clara and Dusty and I for first part of evening but only had a
cup of tea while rest of us were enjoying some of the wonderful whites
we'd brought back from latest trip to Okanagan. (By the bye, we don't
leave for Mexico until the 30th of April, back May 7th.) She didn't feel
well enough to stay for dinner so went back upstairs to curl up in bed
with a book. Steady improvement since then but she really had the
stuffing knocked out of her.
Giorgio was unable to ride today so I set off around 11:30 am. Decided I'd do a Prospect Point Loop and see how I felt once I'd made a number of circuits. Felt preey strong by end of 3rd one so decided I'd take a jog to Canada Place on 4th round. Was surprised that Seawall past Coal Harbour was quite quiet so I whizzed along, enjoying the svelte joggers in skimpy tops and the glorious, snow-capped mountain tops.
Once
at Canada Place retraced my route and did an up-and-over of Lions Gate
and then headed along Spirit Trail as far as Bewicke. Once there I
turned around and made for bridge, doing a few jogs down Pemberton and
Capilano, as far as Marine, to give me a few extra km. Once I was back
over bridge I only needed a few more circuits of the parking lot near
Second Beach Concession to have odometre register 91 km and I was set to
make my way home. Quite pelased with back to back 100 km rides and the
fact that I've been able to push my AVG to 21+ km/hr. Stats for ride:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/480162418#.U0xxlN7f5PE.email
At any rate, give us a shout when you are feeling better and perhaps we can arrange to get
together. All the best from Cora Lee. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi Big Al!
I would really like to become more bike proficient so would appreciate, muchly, a lesson or 200 hundred, at your shop! Be great to witness the Stanchion Man pontificating! Must away as I have to get up at 6:00 am to take Durstons to YVR at 6:40 am! Cheers, Il Conduttore!
1. It was not this tree wise, old, Gravenstein with apples ripening in its leafy cheeks that distracted her and made her fall it was the Norway Spruce and simple needle-hidden step that took her foot from under when she sped to tidy up the trimmings that dropped from the cedar hedge into the garden on the neighbour’s side to stow them in his (city) compost bin.
No sneaky September strawberries, dimpled
flowers of Scarlet Runners no chlorophyll choked
branches tumbling down with Sweet-One-Hundreds,
nor their seeds that skid down the throat on slippery skins
fooled her foot, it was just this proliferating
fl aw in the foliage, six inches of needle-some
growth across the step.
3. “That should send you a message,
you’re the third gardening casualty, today!” said the doctor. And what the doctor did not say: Rid your swollen head of these notions, the garden god is a horny, jealous and a dangerous one. Don’t provoke old Priapus or cut him short. Be warned, let his ugliness protrude through the beauty into uncontrolled asymmetry, and, naturally,the carpal-tunnel in your pruning hand will heal.
[Diana Hardie
Director of Finance & Administration
Cycling British Columbia (Canada)] Hi Mr Grizzle!
Sorry, no formal bike club affiliations but I'll forward this to a number of people who might know somebody, Sara McGillivray, for one. Sounds like a great proposal. Buona Fortuna, Patrizzio!Hi Sara Jane and Lads, Beautiful Bike People All! Anybody know anybody who might help Mr Grizzle? Thanks and Cheers, Patrizzio!
And a Curmudgeon, (That's worth its weight in gold!), to boot! Hence, Mr Grizzle! Thanks, Giggster! Cheers, Il Conduttore!
Pat/Ron, Ron may have already received this. Diane is also a squash player at VRC and works at Cycling BC. Letter of endorsement attached. G
Hi Diane et al!
P, great pics, thanks. Please say farewell to Dusty and Clare for me. I have really enjoyed being in their presence over the past few months. Wonderful people.
The bus story was particularly funny for me because your issues with the apparatus would have had me flummoxed in exactly the same way. By the by, I can teach you how to change the tire as well -- believe it or not. We could do it with Cobby present and he could tell us both what I am doing wrong. Enjoy the ride and porch cleaner, W
Hi Flummoxed Person! I would really like to become more bike proficient so would appreciate, muchly, a lesson or 200 hundred! Be great to witness the son berating the father. I suffer the same indignity from Chloë! After we are branded as hopeless, we could get high on porch climber and then try to load our bikes onto a Bee-Line Bus full of students needing to make an exam! After you, Alphonse!
Trust the end of the day saw your Job Jar slightly emptier!
Once back from my ride I found Cora Lee busy
preparing for a Special Strata Meeting this evening.
Had overlefts for dinner and then went to Lobby for meeting. Usual
fussoids who waste everyone's time not speaking to the motion. After
meeting, Executive retired to Joanne's suite for their Strata Meeting
proper and Sarge came upstairs to play bridge with Clarisse and Dusty.
Coat Hanger and I took on the two of them and it was pretty even all
evening. At one point, about seven hands or so, nobody could make a
contract, even at the two or three level, going down one or two.
Finally, Dusty and I prevailed, winning last quick rubber with 5 Hearts, bid originally by The Dustman.
I
passed along your farewell wishes and your mention of how much you
enjoyed their company over the course of their stay. They were both
quite touched and asked me to thank you as well as saying they hoped to
play more bridge together next Fall, upon their planned return. Sarge
and I manage to kill most of almost full Angostura 5 year old during the
course of the play so I'm glad I only have to get up at 6:00 am!
I'll be back at The Heartbreak Hotel by about 7:30 am, if not before, so you can give me a shout anytime after that. I'm planning to drop in at Norm's sample sale tomorrow so if you want to come along, let me know. Timing is pretty flexible, either before or after your match. Cheers, Il Conduttore!
Hi Pat, Hope you had a nice time in old Mexico.
I'm sorry to say that I'm having a pretty rough time, efter contracting a nasty kind of skin infection a couple of weeks ago. Three visits to the doctor, the last one an hour or so ago. New medication now, but it seems to be a guessing game.
Therefore, unfortunately, I think its just as well to cancel the Saturday at the cabin. I'm most likely not going to be in an entertaining capacity, and I wouldn't like to keep you on hold until the last minute.
The whole thing is depressing. As soon as I appear in Vancouver something bad happens to my health. This is the third time in a row. At home, hardly ever. Believe it or not, I didn't have a sick day in ten years when I was working. Again, I couldn't be more sorry. Kjell
Hi Flummoxed Person! I would really like to become more bike proficient so would appreciate, muchly, a lesson or 200 hundred! Be great to witness the son berating the father. I suffer the same indignity from Chloë! After we are branded as hopeless, we could get high on porch climber and then try to load our bikes onto a Bee-Line Bus full of students needing to make an exam! After you, Alphonse!
I'll be back at The Heartbreak Hotel by about 7:30 am, if not before, so you can give me a shout anytime after that. I'm planning to drop in at Norm's sample sale tomorrow so if you want to come along, let me know. Timing is pretty flexible, either before or after your match. Cheers, Il Conduttore!
I'm sorry to say that I'm having a pretty rough time, efter contracting a nasty kind of skin infection a couple of weeks ago. Three visits to the doctor, the last one an hour or so ago. New medication now, but it seems to be a guessing game.
Therefore, unfortunately, I think its just as well to cancel the Saturday at the cabin. I'm most likely not going to be in an entertaining capacity, and I wouldn't like to keep you on hold until the last minute.
The whole thing is depressing. As soon as I appear in Vancouver something bad happens to my health. This is the third time in a row. At home, hardly ever. Believe it or not, I didn't have a sick day in ten years when I was working. Again, I couldn't be more sorry. Kjell
Quite distressed to learn about the nasty skin infection. Trust most recent medication will prove efficacious. Please don't worry about cabin visit. Nothing worse than having to to try to enjoy oneself when feeling poorly. In fact, probably just as well that overnighter is put on hold for now. Cora Lee is coming off a very nasty head cold, although she is pretty well back to normal. Added to that, she had another colonoscopy last Wednesday and all went well but she had two polyps removed. On Thursday she started to have sevre stomach pains. Fortunately they subsided over the next two days and she felt she was over the worst. However, on Saturday she felt very poorly and even considered having me take her to Emergency as she had a temperature and just felt horrible. However, after a nap she felt marginally better so decided not to go to hospital.
Giorgio was unable to ride today so I set off around 11:30 am. Decided I'd do a Prospect Point Loop and see how I felt once I'd made a number of circuits. Felt preey strong by end of 3rd one so decided I'd take a jog to Canada Place on 4th round. Was surprised that Seawall past Coal Harbour was quite quiet so I whizzed along, enjoying the svelte joggers in skimpy tops and the glorious, snow-capped mountain tops.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/480162418#.U0xxlN7f5PE.email
Hi Big Al!
I would really like to become more bike proficient so would appreciate, muchly, a lesson or 200 hundred, at your shop! Be great to witness the Stanchion Man pontificating! Must away as I have to get up at 6:00 am to take Durstons to YVR at 6:40 am! Cheers, Il Conduttore!
Hello I’m afraid I have to pass on Vivian at this time - scheduling doesn’t allow me to see the show. But it is on my list of Must-See. I do wish it was available via the iTunes Store or something more accessible. However, I’ll not complain and I’ll let you know once I’ve tracked it down to see.
Glad to hear all is well and you didn’t manage to kill that poor child who cut you off. As for LSCR I find the 2nd Narrows isn’t too busy - there aren’t that many people who ride or walk it these days. Agreed it is a bit tight, though, and I usually go first thing on Saturday morning - it’s tough to get out of the house otherwise. Your rides do seem to be quite epic - your kid-free days lend themselves well to that, I think.
Mexico for us was in Ixtapa - at the Club Med there. It was a tremendous time away and generally very enjoyable. The only issues were too much sun for the kids (!!) and the fact that we had to leave too soon. Next time more time and more sunscreen. Enjoy your time down there. Early May for a meet up sounds great. We’ll be around, trying to keep our heads above the chaos. -A.
Hi Flash!
I would really like to do the LSCR so perhaps we can arrange a Saturday outing in the not too, too distant future. What time do you normally set off? This coming Saturday might work so let me know.
I wouldn't consider my rides to be "epic" but I do enjoy a certain freedom that drones and parents of young children do not. Of course, being able to log the miles means that I can increase distances without too much pain and suffering. Let me know if Saturday might work. Cheers, Il Conduttore!
Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing, George McWhirter, is a major contributor to Naked in Academe, a new book celebrating 50 years of creative writing at UBC. Professor McWhirter contributed three poems to the volume. With his permission, we have reprinted “After she was taken down”.
Mexico for us was in Ixtapa - at the Club Med there. It was a tremendous time away and generally very enjoyable. The only issues were too much sun for the kids (!!) and the fact that we had to leave too soon. Next time more time and more sunscreen. Enjoy your time down there. Early May for a meet up sounds great. We’ll be around, trying to keep our heads above the chaos. -A.
I would really like to do the LSCR so perhaps we can arrange a Saturday outing in the not too, too distant future. What time do you normally set off? This coming Saturday might work so let me know.
I wouldn't consider my rides to be "epic" but I do enjoy a certain freedom that drones and parents of young children do not. Of course, being able to log the miles means that I can increase distances without too much pain and suffering. Let me know if Saturday might work. Cheers, Il Conduttore!
After she was taken down
1. It was not this tree wise, old, Gravenstein with apples ripening in its leafy cheeks that distracted her and made her fall it was the Norway Spruce and simple needle-hidden step that took her foot from under when she sped to tidy up the trimmings that dropped from the cedar hedge into the garden on the neighbour’s side to stow them in his (city) compost bin.
flowers of Scarlet Runners no chlorophyll choked
branches tumbling down with Sweet-One-Hundreds,
nor their seeds that skid down the throat on slippery skins
fooled her foot, it was just this proliferating
fl aw in the foliage, six inches of needle-some
growth across the step.
2. Androgynous angel in Levi’s, hovering
over pruned wands of things, attending
to withered and wilted green revenants of her promiscuous
plantings, which her husband forgave, and each time she conducted a herbaceous affair with the neighbour on the other side of the hedge. What her spouse forgave for years, the neighbour’s concrete drive did not. She landed on the flat of her back and back of her head, raising a bump the size of an ant bill, abuzz with her bothered brain beneath.
over pruned wands of things, attending
to withered and wilted green revenants of her promiscuous
plantings, which her husband forgave, and each time she conducted a herbaceous affair with the neighbour on the other side of the hedge. What her spouse forgave for years, the neighbour’s concrete drive did not. She landed on the flat of her back and back of her head, raising a bump the size of an ant bill, abuzz with her bothered brain beneath.
you’re the third gardening casualty, today!” said the doctor. And what the doctor did not say: Rid your swollen head of these notions, the garden god is a horny, jealous and a dangerous one. Don’t provoke old Priapus or cut him short. Be warned, let his ugliness protrude through the beauty into uncontrolled asymmetry, and, naturally,the carpal-tunnel in your pruning hand will heal.
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