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City Walk 2022 - A Quest Like No Other Every year that I do this (since 1994!), I get asked many of the same questions. Why I am doing it, or why again. I get awed looks and eye-rolls. If I encounter a stranger, they very often wonder, what cause I am supporting? It's complicated. In the past, I might have directed you to a previous blog post where I wax eloquent about my reasons. This year, I realized that the reason has managed to change a little bit every year. So, the answer, you may ask? Connection. To nature, the city, myself, family, and friends. This walk has gone from an individual pursuit, to an exercise in team building. So, what happened this year? 03:34 I had an alarm set for 4am, but as is so often the case, when you are keyed up you don't really wind up needing the alarm. I got up, grabbed the clothes that I had laid out the night before, posted on the City Walk Discord channel, and made an espresso. 04:00 Leo and Wen were not able to sleep with me grinding...

Time  Read an article on time that tried to sound like it was flipping traditional thought on time on their head, but  (and maybe this is because it isn't a scientific article) it felt like it was using far to vague and self defining language for me to be convinced of anything in particular. But, it was interesting to try and think of time in a different way. https://nautil.us/what-is-time-17483/ I like to take my brain for a walk, now and then (now and now?) Anyway, it got me thinking that even though there is a need to manage our 'time' (if that is it's true nature), Time as a commodity is problematic in some ways. For much of my life, I have struggled to 'fit things in' or save time so that I can do more things...     Gotta do more, gotta BE more!  -DPS- That kind of thinking lead me to a number of grand experiments in sleep deprivation. In 1991 I wrote this poem at 4am. Sleepless Slushy eyes struggling Sunshine surging salty sand Stinging sleepless orbs Neck...

  Citywalk I didn't think it was going to happen this year, but I was wrong. Citywalk 2022 is in the planning stages. I have a date and two potential route options. I can't reveal all of my secrets at this point. The home team, Saskatoon, has scored 4 points. I am sitting (or shall I say walking) in a comfortable lead with 9. Hoping to make this year #10. Vin, David, and Bri are all hungry to put a 'W' up on the board. Will this be the year? Date: 2022-06-11 This is a Saturday. Hopefully, it works for you. I haven't settled on an exact time. Typically, this is gather at 4am--Depart at 4:30 Route Currently the plan only definitively excludes climbing fences. Last year, Vin was done in by a rough landing which tweaked his knee and Bri has also railed about the shortcomings of fence climbings on the many walks she has attended. To be honest, I think only James and I actually like the fence climbing, so I can let it go for the good of the many.  Get in touch with me if ...

  Quest New Year Qe31 Once a year on March 17th (for ancient historical reasons) I like to look away from the horrid winter that I am currently stuck in and look forward to POSSIBILITY! Much of the thinking that I do is personal and comes out in lots of ways through my thoughts and actions over the year. But, part of it is about gathering with like-minded people who want to challenge themselves to believe in themselves, plan for a glorious (and sometimes frivolous) future. Talk, laugh, exchange reading ideas, talk about movies, and drink way too much coffee. It feels like forever since I celebrated a proper QNY. I went full orange and even decorated my fingernails.  Had to work a full day at the Rusty MacDonald branch library, but I still had plenty of emotional energy left for celebrating the new year. 20:13 Dr. Exudu Had a catch-up conversation with The Dr. for over an hour. It was the first time we spoke since 2019. It was good to reconnect, hear how he is doing, and tell h...

 The weather has really been alternating between nearly melting and the deepest of deep freezes... So, normal end of January in Saskatchewan. We had been planning to travel to visit Brad in Newport News and Teela's family in Charlottesville. The rising Omicron variant made it so that travel felt like it was going to be more work than it's worth. We already had this weekend booked for holidays and decided that even though we were to stay at home, we should try and make it feel a bit more... vacation-y. There has been beautiful hoar frost and a lack of sun for several days. It has advanced to the near-ridiculously fluffy stage. Any hint of a breeze or brushing of a twig sends a cascade of snow floating lazily down. As luck would have it, the sun was just beginning to peek out in time that the light was a bit better for photography. I surprised myself today with the realization that neither Wendy nor I could ever remember feeding birds from our hands. I've watched many people ...