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Charlottetown Sewer and Water Online
There was a time when the idea of receiving household bills electronically was anathema: what if the email didn’t arrive and my electricity or water got cut off!?I got over that, and I’ve been refining...
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Panama Boquete Pourover
Longtime readers will recall my affinity for #vanlifers and their YouTube exploits. The pandemic forced everyone to ground, including the #vanlifers, and it’s been interesting to follow the paths their...
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Cycling for Bagels
With the Hillsborough Bridge path ready for action, Olivia and I opted to cycle abroad for our Saturday salmon bagels today.
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Wine, Bread, Sausages
A late Saturday afternoon grocery run: Riverview Country Market for bulk laundry and hand soap, new potatoes, broccoli and Katlin’s salted caramel chocolates, then wine, flaxseed rye bread and vegan...
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Dad
Today is both Father’s Day and my father’s birthday; he would have turned 84 years old today. I love you, Dad.
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The thing about islands...
I’ve been unable to shake that quote paraphrasing George MacLeod, from bookbinder Rachel Hazell, “The thing about islands is there’s less space between Heaven and Earth.”, so I asked her permission to...
View ArticleKayaking to Work
Beau Miles’ commute to work by kayak is one of the tales he relates in his book The Backyard Adventurer. He tells the same tale on film in The Commute: A four day paddle to work.Beau MilesKayaking
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Celebration Bridge Ride
Bike Friendly Communities is organizing a Celebration Bridge Ride for Saturday, June 26. Register in advance!Bike Friendly CommunitiesCyclingHillsborough Bridge
View ArticleWhat it’s like offworld…
DNA Lounge in San Francisco reCOVIDopened this weekend:I had wondered whether people would stil be skittish about being in crowds, and the answer to that is, NOPE. They were happy being absolutely...
View ArticleSobeys is Uphill
Really the only downside to cycling to get groceries at the Allen Street Sobeys is the hill climb from my house to the crest of Upper Prince Street. As arduous cycling goes, it ain’t no Andean trek....
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Proof of Proof of Life
A reminder from lockdown times. LetterpressFarmacy and Fermentary
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Back on the Bus
It’s been more than 18 months since I used public transit: the exigencies, followed by actual COVID, followed by perceived COVID, kept me away. But I needed to get from downtown to midtown this...
View ArticleMagnum PEI
The Workers Compensation Board has a tender out for investigation services:The successful applicant(s) will provide investigation and surveillance services upon the request of the Board. This may...
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“Extra relational labor”
Joe Biel’s The Autism Relationships Handbook arrived in the mail today from Microcosm Publishing. Beyond being a very helpful book for understanding relationships of many sorts, it’s so refreshing to...
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Me & Jester the Horse
If you’re interested in doing the same, drop Venture Stables a line.HorseVenture StablesComic
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Wear bicycle helmet: get ice cream
Thanks to the indefatigable Ken Murnaghan, the Island’s greatest advocate for bicycle helmet wearing, Olivia and I enjoyed two Truckin’ Roll ice creams this afternoon. If Ken spots you wearing yours,...
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Cycling with a side of transphobic sexism
Olivia and I undertook our most ambitious cycle journey yet, cycling from our house, across the Hillsborough Bridge, and into deepest Stratford to have supper at the Fox Meadow golf club. Return trip...
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Our Happy Place
This spring Olivia was asked to name her “happy place,” a place she could go in her mind when she needed to invoke a sense of peace. She named Natuurcamping De Hoge Veluwe, the Dutch campground we...
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