Tri of Compassion complete!
On the weekend, I competed in the Triathlon of Compassion in Esquimalt! It is the annual fund-raiser for the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre!
a rainy dash to the 5 PM ferry
The family in the minivan left IKEA Richmond well after 4 PM, with flat boxes standing up inside the van, and bungee-corded snugly to the roof racks. Would they make the 5 PM sailing?! Not so, judging by the Hwy 99 backup, that stretched all...
Daddy, what am I worth ?
My 9 yo old son has just woken up, and comes downstairs to greet me as I am getting ready for work. Son: “Daddy, what am I worth?” Daddy has also just awoken, so isn’t as sharp as might be needed. Me: “What do you...
200 in breaths, 200 out breaths
This is the pace of silence. A 20 minute sit, with 30 seated people.
thinking about the night
Really enjoying the Radio Paradise App, I have it installed on all my devices. I noticed on the slideshow from featured images from freestock.ca. Check it out…
working on my Caroma toilet
Yah, we like our low-flush toilet, and installed this baby in 2007. Saves us so much water every year, which is great, because here in the CRD we got major extra utility charges to deal with this sewage project that is going on. I wanted...
staycation 2017!
Yup, I am at home in James Bay, doing stuff around the house. I may need to post various artifacts here while I go, and of course, some stuff will land on the Instagram!
my first triathlon
A bunch of coverage over the last few days about my first triathlon! I completed the Triathlon of Compassion in Esquimalt! Check out some of the pictures and video from the event on the coremanias Instagram feed!
what about the winter in Victoria ?
Well, it seems as though here in Rockland, winter has lifted for a spell.
that pile of tech-support at home
Here we are having a nice day-off from the IT office, and spending business hours tackling that massive backlog of home-based tech-support requests…. I’ve got a few reminders set on some issues, so the first one is : videos taken with Android phone no longer...
taking sourdough to social media
Got into some conversation today about sourdough bread with some loaf enthusiasts, and was relating recent activity in the home-kitchen. Thought I would offer up a link into a recent Instagram post about the sourdough sandwich loaves that I am currently cranking out. There sure...