Posts under ‘motorcycle’

I’m not teaching for most of this week as I’m communing with my people. Three days surrounded by people who speak the same language I do, who grok what I’m trying to do because they’re trying to do it to.
Three days of hanging out with geek teachers. Three days of not being the only geek [...]

Such a crappy day outside.
Dreary. that’s the word.
So grey outside I’ve had to turn on some lights inside, making little pools of yellow cheer in the dark living room. Gusts of wind rattle the windows, driving the rain against the glass so hard that it sounds like tiny pebbles rather than water. I see a [...]

I’m heading out tomorrow morning on the bike for another jaunt up to the north country, near Killarney Provincial Park.
This will be slightly different than the trip to Manitoulin Island last week. For one thing, it’s not a traveling vacation; I’m going to one place and that’s it. And while it’s a cottage, there will [...]

I looked at my husband over a plate of ribs last night and between bites, told him how productive I’d been during the day while he was working.
“I worked on a blog site for a friend, then tweaked a client’s site a bit. I wrote another Alaska tale and edited two others. I finished the [...]

There are times when I force myself to do something different, something outside of my usual envelope. Sometimes it works, and when it works, it’s fucking awesome. Other times I am left thinking “well, it seemed like a good idea at the time”.
Last weekend falls definitely in the former category.

This is the cottage that I [...]

The day has arrived.
Summer vacation officially starts Friday at around 9:10. Yeah, yeah, I know I said it was going to begin today but thanks to people who take an even lighter view of deadlines than I do (didn’t think it was possible, did you?), I can’t pick up my paycheque until tomorrow.
Excuse me while [...]

paths intersecting
small yellow bird, big black bike
i grieve as i wash

I rode today, even though I am a bit ill thanks to some germ factory or another, but I had to get out there.  It wasn’t a long ride, but long enough for the priority list to re-shuffle itself back into the right order.
And everything else can go fuck his/her/it self.

Today’s forecast is sunny and 15 degrees today.
Jumped out of bed early - today I’m riding!
Showered, dressed, brushed teeth in record time.
Opened the closet and found all of my gear quickly; no hunting for the missing glove this year.
Zip up the chaps that feel like a second skin, throw on the  jacket, remember to grab [...]

I dreamt last night that it was summer and we were back in Yellowstone Park. Everything was the same as the day we were there; it was like re-living it.
It was late summer, and we spent the afternoon exploring, marvelling at turquoise and mustard yellow pools, breathing in sulphurous air, cursing the idiots who feel [...]