Days 6, 7, 8, and 9 of a perfect string of cycle commute weather
Last week I posted a wrap post of my rides in asserting that that was probably the nicest week of the year we'd have to commute by bike. Actually. the…
360 no one asked for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqyUyXooR40 September always feels like the real start of the new year - do we ever lose that back-to-school feeling? I had some distance to cover on Sunday with an…
A Way to be Happy
Caroline Adderson's A Way to be Happy was a bit of a dreamy read. The characters were a motley crew of men and women on the margins struggling with loss and…
Rebel Girl
Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl: My Life As a Feminist Punk could have been a crushing work of trauma porn but her humour and intelligence - with a smattering of "hey, I…
This will probably be the nicest week of weather we’ve had all year for commuting
This week turned out to be four perfect days in a row for my cycling commute. Work has gone from zero to 60 as everyone gets back to their desks,…
Yours For the Taking
Books about billionaires feathering their climate change nests are a thing: this is the third or fourth I've read in the last year exploring the trope. Gabrielle Korn's Yours For…
Post-covid reading catch-up
Covid knocked me a little on my ass this week although it was mercifully brief. As an upside, it gave me a little time to get some good reading done.…
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
I gave a five-star rating last week to a gripping non-fiction book, The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. Roland Allen takes readers through a whirlwind tour from the…
Back-to-the-office commutes wrap
It was good to start getting back into the office this week with some chill rides.
Other people’s Gold Medals
My Gold Medal tomatoes this year were attacked pretty unmercifully by squirrels and any crop I had was devastated by the time we got back from our road trip. But…