The roads were dry, the sidewalks clean, the lawns showing brown. Then we got a big dump of snow the other day, and more today.
Curses.
At least I have a Mexico-themed party to go to tonight.
So I got myself an early start.
I should keep my phone's hands-free speaker away from my credit cards.
We went away last week, on the train to Edmonton. Here's some of the stuff we did:
Celebrated K's birthday
Visited some friends
…and their menagerie (one dog, three cats, a great huge tortoise, a bunch of turtles, and some hermit crabs)
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 rugelach [...]
Just in case I never get here again:
I wanted to take a picture.
This is where my grandparents lived. I'll say more later, when it's not quite so raw. The thought of not going back is enough to make the tears well up a little.
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, [...]
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 [...]
Well, this weekend, up until Wednesday.
Friends of ours came into town, from all the way out in Saskatchewan, so we had some fun. My friend Kevin owns a couple dirtbikes, so I went dirtbikin' for the first time ever.
We went out to the Double Decker, too. For bonus points: How many shots [...]
Ippon-seoi-nage, or the one-armed shoulder throw.
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