"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in biking, Imports from old blogs, videos on Oct 4th, 2005
Somebody on Bike Forums posted this silent movie from 1903 of urban cyclists going about their business. I love this little video because there are so many riders out, and a great many of them are women in ordinary dress for the time. Not bloomers, nothing specialized. Just the blouse and skirt a young woman […]
Posted in biking, Imports from old blogs, Party on Oct 1st, 2005
I meant to do a write-up of last night’s Critical Mass, but by the time I got home, made supper, and drank a beer, I was too tired to do much of anything, so I went to bed. Anyway, last night’s CM was marvelous–the best in months! The last really big one we had here […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Super-Short Entries on Sep 27th, 2005
Sorry this is turning into Shout-Outs To My Homies Week here, but: Somebody from back in the HF days once said something like “Hey, I have a flat stomach and a moderately acceptable singing voice! Where’s my recording contract?” in snarky reference to Britney Spears’ talents. Was it one of you guys? If not, does […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Sep 27th, 2005
Like most people my age, computers, that is desktop computers, have been an unremarkable fixture in the world for my entire conscious lifetime. When I was a kid, computers were at the doctor’s office, my Californian aunts used computers at their office jobs, and even my school had a computer, though the teachers didn’t know […]
Posted in books, Imports from old blogs, Recommendations on Sep 26th, 2005
I was reading these stories, and I knew I needed to share them with someone, and I figured if anyone could appreciate, it would be you! A Very Naughty Girl by L. T. Meade and A Sweet Girl Graduate by the same author. These stories are simply killing! Okay, they aged terribly, but they are […]
Posted in Garden, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries on Sep 26th, 2005
I have some monarch photos, too. My little flowerbed was a hotbed of insect activity yesterday. I also found some less showy yet still very cool critters, like: little brown moths! and grasshoppers. This ‘hopper was actually munching the zinnia it was sitting on. I don’t know if you can tell yet, but hot pink […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries on Sep 25th, 2005
I was having kind of a “Wildlife as Canon Sees It” morning this morning.
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Imports from old blogs on Sep 23rd, 2005
There’s a point I pass every morning on my route in to work. It’s probably one of my favorite parts of my morning route. It’s the corner of 9th St. and Prospect, where I get my first good, long, straight view of Downtown. It’s a bit uphill from Downtown, and you get a nice, graceful […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs on Sep 23rd, 2005
a big legged woman ain’t got no soul” Whether or not I’ve got a soul is well up for debate, but a pair of big legs I most certainly have, thanks to German heritage and a bicycling addiction. I’m making myself a new pair of jeans. I had a pattern that seemed to have potential, […]