Blah day in all ways
I read a book I don't like
We leave tomorrow
Friday, June 28, 2019
June 28 - Some Days Are Diamonds. Some Aren't.
Blah day in all ways
I read a book I don't like
We leave tomorrow
June 27 - Paul Demonstrates Spaghetti Carbonara For Gage Even Though He's Worn Out From Watching R While I Take Little E And Mom To The Mall. And Then A Random 7-Year-Old Joins Us
Slide shows of our trips
Roman watches Boss Baby
Fending for himself
June 26 - In Which I Realize That Taking Kids With Really Different Water Skills To The Rec Centre Is A Bad Idea
One wants to dive in
One feels wild in a puddle
We swirl anyway
June 25 - When You Know You're Saying Something Important But Wonder If Anyone's Listening
Lord, I do go on
A woman at the back sleeps
Guess I should have stood
June 24 - An Evening Eating Ethiopian Food In The Funny Little Empty Food Court Off Cook
Asians on a date
She's young. I'm old. Much to say.
Eating with our hands
June 23 - Trudi BBQ's A Beast While The Poodle Draws Close
Might Dyson love me?
Or is he making trouble,
testing his power?
June 22 - Summer Solstice Party Brings Together An Unusual Assortment Of Guests
That odd man is here
I feel like Bob Lord, mistook
for someone brilliant
Friday, June 21, 2019
June 21 - Cooper Swims Until He's Shivery And Then Somehow Finds Tar Or Heavy Oil To Roll In
Finally off-leash
He conjures Jack, though chases
balls and sticks better
June 20 - Up Early To Plot A New Approach With Co-Conspirators Before Heading To The Airport
A breakfast huddleThe shuttle leaves without me
I bus. It's not bad
June 19 - At The Conference On A Rather Blustery Day
Still, the schmoozing is worth it
Appies for dinner
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
June 18 - Grateful That A Random Walk Along The Lakefront Gave Me People To Have Dinner With, Who Liked Greek Food
Presenting was fun
But the wine-tasting's better
Nice bed, Slumberlodge
June 17 - I Find Myself In Kamloops For The Night And It All Seems So Overdue
Will Susan read this?
If she does, she'll know I loved
this night just to talk
June 16 - Where You Have This Image In Your Head Of A Relaxing Couple Of Hours, But It's Nothing Like That
Brunch with the Brooks crew
So much stress: Dad in crisis;
the dog goes missing
June 15 - The Sun Shines And I Don't Need To Be Anywhere
I finish a book
Me and Hemingway's first wife
Knowing this can't last
Saturday, June 15, 2019
June 14 - A Surprisingly Productive Day In Which We Do A Little DIY To Keep The Borrowed Neighbours From Crabbing About The Geyser
We fix the sprinkler
Nighttime with the Maladies
and Toni's school pals
June 13 - The Emotional Rollercoaster Around Not Wanting To Leave Mama Appears To Be Diminishing
I test the drop-off
It works, though not without tears
It'll all pass soon
June 12 - A Seriously Long Play Date When Two Wee Ones Discover They Are Wild About A Lake In The Hot Sunshine
Perfect Thetis day
The kids are so well-behaved
Ice cream for my gang
June 11 - I Did Have Some Things To Say About Pauline Johnson
Book club was tonight
I wasn't there. Blame the girls
I'll always choose them
June 10 - BikingTo The SSC Presentation In Colwood Is Not The Quickest Way To Do It, But The Best
This might have bugged me
Were it not for three hours
of decent cycling
June 9 - You Can't Always Get What You Want
I'm back with the kid
I'd wanted a long bike ride
But there's tomorrow
June 8 - Sometimes The Best Thing To Do Is Grab The Windex And Clean Out The Weird Bits Of Old Dirt In Your Car Console
Bouncy dog, white cat
Everything is strange again
Focus on small tasks
June 6 - Late Start And Weird End As Gage Runs Off To Abbotsford Unexpectedly, But Otherwise This Travel Day Is Uneventful
Scrambled Gatwick rush
Repacking bags to meet weights
Gage buses eastward
June 5 - A Day In The UK That Lets Us Shake Off At Least A Couple Of Hours Of Time Change, Although Gage Can't Do Pokemon
Pascale picks us up
We wander London's packed streets
Graham makes us lamb
June 4 - We Take Time To Smell The Roses On The Way To Veliko Tarnova And Beyond As This Great Trip Winds Down
Crazy rain pounds down
Our wet clothes steam up the car
Rush to Bucharest
June 3 - The Plovdiv Apartment Lives Up To Its Billing As Being Steps Away From The Historic Centre
Hunt for the small church
I wander, eat gelato
Take in the prayer call
June 2 - In Which We Discover An Entire Church Crypt Devoted To Icons All The Way Back To The 13th Century, And I'm In Art-Appreciation Heaven
This town grows on me
Food at the Ladies Market
Hiding from the rain
June 1 - We're Getting Good At This Routine Of Crossing The Border And Getting SIM Cards And Money At Warp Speed As We Pull Into Pretty Sofia
Many tasks, long drive
Then off to the promenade
To stroll with the crowd
May 31 - While The Accommodation And Food Choices Are Limited In Golubac And They Won't Let Us Walk On The Highest Parapets Because Of The Rain, This Is A Memorable Place
This small town's not much
But there's a cliff-top fortress
Sweet dog, hungry cat
May 30 - Who Knew That Novi Sad Had Such A Fashion District? Or That We Would Be Walking About The City On The 20th Anniversary Of A Particularly Horrible NATO Bombing?
Bridge walk to fortress
I spot cute purses, sparking
a small shopping binge
May 29 - We Arrive In Novi Sad With SIM Cards In Place, Money In Hand, And Sheer Joy At The Size Of The Place We're Staying
Wow, this apartment!
We spread out, shut doors, relax
Roam the streets for food
May 28 - The Skies Open On Timisoara After Some Big Driving Failures On The A1 When Googleova Fails To Grasp That An Exit Is Closed
GPS goes wrong
We arrive hungy and damp
to find this sweet spot
May 27 - Creepy-Crawling Our Way To Bran Castle
No vampires in sight
I eat round bread cooked on coals
Damn all this road work
May 26 - Full Day Of Big Walking In Fabulous Sighisoara (Which I Now Know To Call Siggy-Shwara)
Hills and stairs to climb
Gage and I take the back roads
Seeking distant views
May 25 - Possibly The Strangest Tourist Attraction Ever In The Underground Of Turda
Deep in the salt mine
We row in the gloom, breathing
therapeutic air
May 24 - I Search In Vain For Papanasi, But We Do Find A Late-Night Cabbage Eatery After The KFT Show
Hey, a walking tour
Hip city packed with students
Night brings old rockers
May 23 - On The Road To Cluj-Napoca, Having Decided To Ditch One More Night In Monastery Territory
Goats crowd the highway
I'll miss these green mountain views
We're urban-bound now
May 22 - A Busy Day Takes Us To Suceava Fortress And Monasteries At Suceavita and Dragomirna
Rhythmic wood drumming
She calls the nuns to prayer
As it's always been
May 21 - The Monastery Visits Begin With A Surprise Scramble Around Icy, Beautiful Pietrele Doamnei
Voronet-blue tales
Five hundred years and still here
We hike to the snow
May 20 - One Of Those Times Where You Go Looking For One Thing But Find Another That's Possibly Even Better, And Also Ride The Piatra Neamt Telegondola
The church should be closed
In fact, it's not the right one
But it's magic here
May 19 - In Which We Don't Get To Go To The Peasant Museum
But why is it closed?
Never mind. There's markets here
Pokemon park day
May 17 - Lost In The Time Change On The Long, Long Haul From Vancouver To Bucharest
This day is so long
Did I sleep at all? Not much
Binged on "Killing Eve"
May 16 - Sunset Somewhere Over Manitoba
Car, ship, bus, metro
That's just to get to the plane
Red-eye to London
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