Heckin Wimdy
2025-05-30 - This is suboptimal
We lost more shingles last night. The storm that was rolling toward us looked fairly innocuous on radar but then suddenly around 7pm our phones went off with a It was kind of a, “huh?”, moment at fir...
Back in Edmonton
2025-05-24 - home sweet home
Ho hum, the trip is over and it's back to real life. The grass was 8 feet tall and the house has tumbleweeds of cat hair floating around. I still don't fully know what timezone my body exists in right...
Last Days in Japan
2025-05-24 - Hiroshima and back to Tokyo
Hi! I meant to post this on the way back from Hiroshima for days 11 and 12 but well, I got distracted in all the hoopla of travel and such. So here we are, as a wrap-up of the last few days in Japan. ...
Japan Day 10
2025-05-17 - Ground Zero
Gonna keep it kinda short tonight. Today was mostly a travel day where we picked up our gear and caught the Shinkansen in rainy Kyoto and headed southwest to Hiroshima. Our tour guide in Nara had talk...
Japan Day 9
2025-05-16 - Most honourable deer of great esteem *bites butt*
Nara is amazing and the best place I’ve ever visited. *roll credits* No, but really. Temples, deer, more temples, even more deer, giant Buddha statues… what more could I possible ask for? We did a wal...
Japan Day 8
2025-05-15 - Running around Kyoto with the top down
Bus tour day! Did I remember to take a photo of the bus? No! 😅 You’ll have to take my word for it that it was a sweet drop-top double-decker dealio and we were cruising around the western part of Kyo...
Japan Day 7
2025-05-14 - Mostly unplagued
So depending on which side of the International Date Line you’re subscribed to, we’ve now been in Japan for a full week. The fog of the plague has started to lift and the last 36 hours have seen both ...
Japan Day ???
2025-05-13 - the plague came for me
Well, the plague came for me too. I had a fever of 38.9 last night but I’m doing a bit better today. We’re in Kyoto, having taken the Shinkansen yesterday which was a very cool experience… though not ...
Japan day 3
2025-05-10 - But actually for real
I spoke too soon. The rain let up in the afternoon, and while Heather slept off the low-grade fever she’d developed Michelle took the rest of us for a walk down to the creek nearby her house. There is...
Japan day 2 & 3
2025-05-10 - Just touristy things
Day 2 was our first foray into genuinely touristy things when Michelle took us to Meiji Jingu, a Shinto-Buddhist shrine/temple that is surrounded by a man-made forest in the heart of the Tokyo area. I...
Japan day 1
2025-05-08 - Jet lag conquered?
Well, we’re here! It was quite the journey and easily double the longest flight I’ve ever taken and then some. Don’t give me any sympathy though, we had mega-splurged and flew first class… I can’t eve...
I like flowers
2025-05-04 - Spring is lit, yo
i think think this is a sour cherry or some kind of plum, they’re blooming everywhere in my neighbourhood right now. 3 sleeps until Japan 🇯🇵
that epic aurora show
2025-04-30 - a beautiful pain in the neck
We're coming up on nearly one year from one of the best It took a little bit to get going and initially the show was looking like a big dud... until it was pointed out to me that We were able to wat...
A mobile post
2025-04-25 - Is this thing on?
i guess that text entry works! Sweet. see you in Japan!
Automation
2025-04-25 - domi arigato, mr roboto
The blog is officially off to a start using Sanity.io as a content management system. I am super thrilled that I have been able to automate all of this stuff - hopefully I'll keep it up to date... hah...
Hello, World
2025-04-23 - another go at blogging
This is blog, part 2, attempt number 3. 5th time's the charm, right?