A photo of the Johnson Street Bridge, as seen looking west on Johnson St., shows how integral the bridge is to the fabric of Victoria’s Old Town. Destroy the bridge, and you destroy Old Town, too.
Amazing things crop up on the internet, sometimes found serendipitously – with nary a memory of how they were stumbled in the first place. For example, I came across a useful page from British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests and Range, specifically the Forest Practices Branch: check out the Visual Landscape Design – Interactive Multimedia Training […]
The right picture would, I knew, put things in perspective. It has been “one of those days” and I’m not coping too well with the assorted slings and arrows, feeling put out by incessant bearing and wanting instead to take arms, …but not knowing how. Not a clue. So I googled images for “dark sky […]
The City of Victoria has sent surveys to residents, asking for feedback on what we think should be done regarding the Johnson Street Bridge. My post today is aimed at Victoria British Columbia residents – voters who live in the City of Victoria: Victorians. I’m asking you to visit the latest post on our website, […]
Here’s a great old word: clapperclaw. We should all start using it again. Clapperclaw, vb., trans.: To claw or scratch with the open hand or nails; to beat, thrash, drub. Clapperclaw, as in: While I chopped the vegetables, my dog clapperclawed my leg to demand a piece of zucchini. It also means “to revile, abuse”… […]
Gary Chang’s 24 Rooms in a 32sqm Apartment Self-explanatory title, but you have to watch the video for a full understanding: Gary Chang has custom-built furniture that allows him to change his space at will. tags: gary_chang apartments furniture hongkong Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex | Video on TED.com Fascinating talk by Matt Ridley […]
Today was the Moss Street Paint-In (oh, I forgot: it has a corporate identity: The Toronto Dominion Paint In…). As usual, the organizers managed to arrange some deal with the weather gods and it was sunny – except for a very surreal influx of menacingly dense fog, which descended out of nowhere and just as […]
This afternoon, a brilliantly clear sunny day, my dog Jigger and I walked up to Moss Rock Park, right up the “summit,” to survey our surroundings. Well, ok: I surveyed; he sniffed about. Moss Rock is one of our local treasures: you can climb up here to savor the multimillion dollar views, gorging yourself silly […]
Victoria British Columbia hired a new City Manager one year ago (July 2009). Recently, the city released its 2009 Public Bodies Report (PDF), which itemizes the city’s expenditures. On p.8, we read that the City Manager’s 2009 salary was $186,418.09 – and that her expenses were a staggering $168,443.94. What prompts expenses that come to […]
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