Today we visited Andrewsville, a good place for swimming, exploring, and the like. It’s not far from Nicholsons Locks, which are part of the Rideau Canal Waterway (between Ottawa and Kingston). Other more biologically inclined members of the day’s party had scientific pursuits, inspecting the … Read More →
Monthly Archives: June 2006
Rail Trail: Cambridge to Paris
Today seemed like a good day to dig up my old bike from the shed, and hit the road. After filling up the tires and oiling up the chain, this is exactly what I did — and once rolling, I headed down to the trail … Read More →
Spies & Authors
Seems to me, while reading through some John LeCarre, that there’s a correlation between the characteristics of a spy and common notions regarding the qualities of an author: LeCarre’s spies tend to be unaware of the big picture as they are involved in one operation … Read More →
Saplings
It’s a wonder to see how well the lilac cuttings are taking. Passed along by Fred, they were a sorry-looking bunch of muddy twigs and roots – whose fate it was to be double-bagged, stuffed into a suitcase, and carted home (500km worth) on a … Read More →
El Bolero
So I’ve been sleeping in a trailer. At night, you can hear the mosquitoes; they hum together, like locusts or lawnmowers. But the screens are good, and the bugs mostly stay outside. It’s a Boler, built around 1980. It looks like an egg, and rocks … Read More →