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Almost Geothermal
Right now, as I type this, there are two men making mechanical noises in my basement. Tomorrow, first thing in the morning*, I should have heat again; sometime after the long weekend** I should be pulling that heat directly from the ground. Woohoo, and it's about time too. ____ * Assuming the electrician shows up [...]
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Today
Today my alarm didn't ring, then at lunch I made a $20,000 phone call. Then tonight I helped a friend load a moving truck from 6:30PM till 11:00 PM. Now I'm going to have a shower and disappear into my bed. How was your day?
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Back in the east
We're home again after a week and a bit off in the west. We'll put pictures up soon, but right now it's time for some lunch.
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Winter Wonders
Sure, it looks pretty. You'll get no argument from me. But the night before, driving down the Trans-Canada Highway in fog dense enough that I couldn't see the lights of Brandon from one kilometer away, I wasn't thinking of the beauty of hoarfrost. I was thinking, praying really, "Just let us get home." Also: The [...]
Christmas baking
Every year at Christmas, one of the family treats is a sweet li'l treat that we've always known simply as "Jewish pastry". This year I decided I'd like to take a crack at making it, and faced my first obstacle: How do you google a treat that you know by such a generic (and certainly [...]
Grandpa
On the Tuesday before Hallowe'en, at 11:20 at night, my phone rang. Through the wonder of call display, I saw that it was my sister in Winnipeg calling. That time of night, it's probably not going to be good news. My grandfather had died at 11:00 that night. He was 88 years old, and he [...]
Whirlwind Weekend
This weekend I: saw, and had a brief chat with, William Gibson; did nage-no-kata with the head of the Canadian Grading Board for judo, and also had a brief intro to the first set of ju-no-kata; drew Darth Vader in Crayola crayon; and heard the cutest version of the ABC song I think I'll ever [...]
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