I was interviewed along with 4 cohousing friends by the Calgary Herald 3 days ago. The feature article ran in today’s (Sunday, April 22) paper. I think she did a fine job representing our project and values. You can read the article online here or if the link dies, on the Dragonfly Cohousing blog.
Yesterday, during my 32 km run, I passed through the Bowmont Park Natural Area. The multitude of crocuses, the panoramic view of the Bow River and the Rockies, and the recent arrival of warm weather prompted me to get my family out for a picnic after church. Amber prepared some yummy vittles and we parked … [Read more…]
On training day #76 I ran 25 km, my furthest distance yet. I was limping afterwards, but since I’ve been sore before, I didn’t think much of it. The following morning I couldn’t put any weight on my left leg and my left knee was tremendously sore. I came downstairs on my butt and parked … [Read more…]
… after 11 long years, I’m finally a square again.
I took Blaise to his first orchestral performance a couple weeks ago. It was an earlier and shorter performance, a part of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra‘s Rush Hour Series, so it worked well for a young lad. I had to get there early as the parking was about 4 blocks from the Jack Singer Hall … [Read more…]
Ah! My knees!! It was a little surreal running by myself for 2 hours (exactly) on treadmill today, alone in a gym. When I reached 21 km at 1:57:13 I just raised my arms for about 3 seconds and then ran the last half km. I did let out a feeble “woo!” too. No celebration, just a 6 … [Read more…]
Oof. It’s been a while since I last updated my blog on my marathon training. Guess why? I’ve been so tired from running. Tomorrow I will run 21.5 km and I will try and do it in 2 hours. This is just over a half marathon and 3 km more than I ran last Friday … [Read more…]
What a great evening! We had 37 people come out the evening of March 3rd to the world premiere of my second feature length documentary. People from various parts of my life (long time friends, cohousing, church, work) and a few strangers who came with some friends filled the seats at 7 pm. Blaise and … [Read more…]
November: Amber alerted me to a pool of water in our family bathroom (we have 1 1/2 other bathrooms). The leak appeared to come from the toilet and it was a substantial pool of water, so action had to be taken. Amber mopped up the water and I turned off the water supply. Not wanting … [Read more…]
A little over a week ago at a cohousing general meeting, Amber led an activity just to break up the policy discussions. She began by dividing us up by our birthday months – Jan/Feb here, Mar/Apr there, etc… As I joined my March/April groupies, I was shocked at the exclamations of “Oh, are you a … [Read more…]