Oct 28 - Two Sunny Dog Walks, Great Waffles, Piano Time And No Need To Work - What's Not To Like?

Hey, I feel relaxed
Can't remember the last time
Whole day to enjoy

Oct 27 - A Boy And His Self-Imposed Plan To Will Himself Into The NHL

O skates like walking
Where'd that tippy wee boy go?
A memory now

Oct 26 - Amazing What Dayquil And Advil Can Achieve If You Time Things Perfectly In Order To Get From House A To House B While Deathly Ill

This cold's like a bomb
I'm flattened. Can't stop sleeping
But I rode my bike

Oct 25 - The Mom In Me Says Yes While The Coldy Human Being In Me Wishes I Could Say No And Go Home To Bed

It's a dance party
Though I just want to lie down
Bad night to run late

Oct 24 - Nightmare Of The Housesitters When We Arrive For Our First Day Only To Have An Unsettled Shar Pei Bolt For The Road

Bean is on the lam
Paul musters his strength and runs
The dog gets home first

Oct 23 - On My Ride Home

Leaves like orange snow
A woman lines up yard skulls
Hands full of ghost wisp

Oct 22- The Season Of Hibernation Draws Close

Paul's in bed by 6
Flattened by his cold. I binge.
"The Good Place" has me

Oct 21 - A Downtown Walkabout With Zac And Anthony As The Wet Winter Approaches

Zac needs decent gloves
Two pair of socks, resisted
but given into

Oct 20 - This Month's Book Club Choice, A "Romp," Reminds Me Why I Prefer Non-Fiction

I don't like light books
Or the shallow discussions
that they generate

Oct 19 - Observations On A Cold Morning Cycle To UVic As October's Unusual Warmth Gives Way To

My hands don't warm up
Until 20 minutes in
On the Borden hill

Oct 18 - Please Let This Be The Day That Things Get Back To Normal, Whatever That Is

The room is buzzing
But my buddy is crying
These weeks leave me spent

Oct 17 - Also, I Went To The Fed Conference In Vancouver, But Really, Who's Going To Remember Anything But This For This Day In 2018?

Pot's legal today
That would have pleased Mom, her day
Feted coast to coast

Oct 16 - On The Ritual Of Meeting A New Dog, Though Wally Thinks We're Grand From The Outset

Bean takes her sweet time
Then she turns her back; ah, look!
She invites me in

Oct 15 - In Which A Joint Presentation Has To Come Together Very Fast

Phew, she'll be OK
Weird to be instant partners
unsure what to say

Oct 14 - I'd Almost Forgotten How Happy You Can Make A Teenage Boy With Food

It's fun to feed boys
They appreciate the meal
Eat two bowls of crisp

Oct 13 - The Problem With Having Work That Needs To Get Done On Weekends Is That You Don't Do It

Productivity
That was the plan. But sunshine!
I'll kayak instead

Oct 12 - So Distracted I Ride Off Without My Helmet, Only To Feel Completely Vulnerable And Alarmed When It Dawns On Me Three Kilometres In

I likely won't crash
Still, I jump at Paul's offer
Bad case of jinxy

Oct 11 - In Which Quite An Illustrious Group Of People Gather To Talk Social Policy And Almost Nobody Comes To Listen

Such a small turnout
Metaphor for the challenge
Much talk, no action

Oct 10 - What You Learn To Do When You Grow Up By The Sea

Child, you'll want this skill
To flip over big rocks and
catch crabs in your hands

Oct 9 - Speaker No. X-Millionth Trying To Get The Attention Of The Glazed-Looking Select Standing Committee (Perhaps I Should Have Sung My Submission)

Their bodies are here
Their eyes tell me they're elsewhere
I know that feeling

Oct 8 - One Last Detail Before The Boy Heads For Quebec

Let's go get boots, Pax
Will I ever get paid back?
No matter. Worth it.

Oct 7 - Thanksgiving Dinner At Jason's House, With Two Big Grandchildren, One Small One, One Large Nephew and Two Wee Ones, And A Random Girlfriend Thrown In

Kids shrieking, barfing
It's a fun family meal
The boys find it calm

Oct 6 - So You Do An Old Friend A Favour And The Price Is That You Have To Stifle Your Laughs And Stay Seated Until It's Over

Hey, "A Mighty Wind!"
Except we're really in it
Suppressing giggles

Oct 5 - Our Busy Week Of Socializing Continues With A Surprise Ingredient At An Otherwise Extremely Uneventful Dinner

Yummy potatoes
Yikes, they've got blue cheese in them!
But nothing happens

Oct 4 - We Take In Corteo At Save-On Centre, Both Of Which Are Firsts For Our Guest

Gayle gets a big gift
Ringside seats at the Cirque show
We eat dogs and corn

Oct 3 - I Tell R She Might Have Lived In A Pithouse Just Like This In The Olden Days If She'd Been Indigenous, And She Says "Well, It Would Have To Be Cleaned Up"

At the museum
R's questions get more detailed
And she's got a lot

Oct 2 - Whenever I Question Why I'm Working Round The Clock, I Close My Eyes And Think Hymer 2.0

Well, that's a good move
Jam more work into my life
It's all for the van

Oct 1 - And Just Like That, I'm Cycling In My Unbreathable Rain Jacket And Summer Is Forgotten

Rainy season on
I arrived steamed up, sweating
Tires pumped for more

Sept 30 - Things Almost Feel Peaceful

Worn out from kid things
I play this nice piano
Feast on beef short ribs