“By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer’s best of weather And autumn’s best of cheer” – Helen Hunt Jackson Project 365: #152 The colour of the leaves is changing noticably! We have had the best weather for the past few weeks, hot days, a slight breeze, low humidity, cool evenings, and…
Day 151: Highway cruisin’
“The connection to place, to the land, the wind, the sun, stars, the moon… it sounds romantic, but it’s true – the visceral experience of motion, of moving through time on some amazing machine – a few cars touch on it, but not too many compared to motorcycles. I always felt that any motorcycle journey…
Day 150: Fireworks
“My early childhood memories center around life in a small American town, including celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand” – Frederick Reines Project 365: #150 What would Labor Day celebrations be without fireworks. At the end of the relaxing fun day of listening to music in the pavilion bandstand,…
Day 149: Labor Day Parade
“I’m still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent” – Garry Trudeau Project 365: #149 One of the most amazing things here that I have not experience before, not even Germany, is the absolute pride in everything, home, town…
Day 148: Our first US bbq
“Intelligence is something we are born with. Braai is a skill that must be learned” Project 365: #148On the way home from work one day this week, I passed Mike in the road as I was fetching the girls from school. I stopped in the middle of the road, as he was so excited…