October 28-30 rides
Monday and Tuesday this week were pretty chilly. I've got 12 shaves left until I can start to grow the Viking biking beard.
There Are Rivers in the Sky and The Secret Lives of Numbers
I enjoyed Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell's quick-read The Secret Lives of Numbers. It doesn't pretend to be an academic work, although a little grade 12 math is helpful in understanding…
Our Moon
Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon was a great summer non-fiction read, neither too shallow nor too deep, exploring humanity's (and the planet's) relationship with our moon. Her journalist's touch kept the…
The long way in
I didn't have a meeting until 10 this morning so took a relaxed ride in via the Chief William Commanda and Alexandra bridges. I think that's my first comfortable ride…
In which Natalie and I go to our first PWHL game
Natalie and I had a great night out at our first PWHL Ottawa game - a lopsided 4-0 win for the home team including the treat of a hat trick…
Stony Monday: feds to lease, not sell, public lands
The feds announced today that their strategy for the disposal of development lands will be to lease, not sell. It's interesting to note that the early history of Bytown and…