Posts Tagged With "bus"

Ok.  Enough With the Snow Already

weather »

[5 Apr 02012 | 301 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

Claire literally cried this morning when she looked out the window at the three-inch blanket of snow covering the ground. Yesterday, though I was fully aware that something like this was coming last night, I would have almost suggested it was …

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A Metaphor for Something or Other

abstract & thinking, weird & whimsical »

[21 Nov 02011 | 333 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

I’ve been sitting here for over an hour trying to get words out onto this blank screen.
Cleverness alludes me, as does any sort of structured creativity. It’s in these sorts of moments when curious things are borne from skewed minds, or so …

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Rain and Electricity and Hills

running, weather »

[13 Oct 02011 | 331 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

I must have been in some kind of post-run daze, having forgot to mention while prolifically spouting off in two blog posts last night, that yesterday was another experience in extreme weather running. Specifically — and I don’t know why, sitting here …

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Bus Girl Adventures

city & culture, critters »

[20 May 02011 | 239 views | less than a minute of your time ]

Karin (thought she) had a training course early this morning, so — outside of the normal routine — I was tasked with dropping Claire off a the day-home this before work.
Usually, I evade this task because of the logistics of timing and …

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Route Fifty Two

meta & methods »

[18 Aug 02008 | 173 views | less than a minute of your time ]

The race is on to see if I can write an entire blog post while riding the bus from the Fringe site to Southgate mall. As the bus putters through my old neighborhood I can’t help but wonder how odd it is …

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what i learned on summer vacation

abstract & thinking, travel & holidays, writing »

[9 Jun 02006 | 230 views | 8 minutes of your time ]

Perhaps it’s a little abstract… but then that’s the point.
Everyone with whom I have had more than five minutes worth of conversation these days wants to know: “What did you enjoy most about Europe?” — and I stumble through the fragmented and …

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Laundry in Berlin

travel & holidays »

[24 May 02006 | 215 views | less than a minute of your time ]

IMPORTED FROM OUR TRAVEL BLOG: Brad, Karin (and Ryan) Do Europe ‘06
Written by Karin
Today we made it back to Berlin. Quite a long drive as we encountered several accidents along the road. Luckily there were some alternate routes available …

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Guten Tag aus Wiener Land

travel & holidays »

[18 May 02006 | 223 views | less than a minute of your time ]

IMPORTED FROM OUR TRAVEL BLOG: Brad, Karin (and Ryan) Do Europe ‘06
Karin and I are sitting in an internet cafe in Wien (Vienna) this morning, with about an hour or so until we board the bus to Hungary. We spent last …

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books and such

adventure »

[13 Apr 02004 | 154 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

My earlier frustrations remembering the title of that mentally misplaced novel lead me on a post-work excursion: I hopped the bus akin to normal transporation protocols but spun south on the Skytrain and made a detour back to Metrotown to re-enact the …

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