http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog gleanings of a roving madman Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:23:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As one may have read in The Wolfe-Conradi Cabin, there are few things I enjoy on a long weekend than venturing off to some random location with two of my favourite people, Sunny & Camille. Well this past long weekend was no different plus I got to bring along ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=37 I started wandering through this journey about three years ago. It has been an on-going project that has been interrupted, side tracked, procrastinated about, and generally neglected. However, with a little time this summer I am attempting to finish The Journey - Part 1 (Part 2 is currently sitting on ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=35 While not particularly about my own disposition, I never promised that this little self-indulgent narrative would focus solely on my own wanderings. I have just received news that Grant, Carole, Gabriel, and Lydia are returning from China to the motherland –> and BC of all places. For a little back ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=34 The biggest trip of all has been this one that I’ve been stumbling through for the past 30 years (as of yesterday). For many, I am told, this is a big one; so far, I haven’t been affected. Lucky for me I measure my life not in days ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=33 Wow, only a month and a half since the last entry. I must be on a role. I would like to welcome multiple China friends as new comers to the blogosphere — all of whom write WAY more than I do: The Long Road, Now You ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=32 Well, I have had some some requests for more writing and some complaints that I don’t write enough; Since this stokes my already massive ego, I have decided to go back through my archive pictures and post entries in retrospective. This has the additional bonus to most of ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=31 On October 16, 1934, 100,000 Chinese Communist troops set out on a 6,000 mile trek from their base in Kiangsi. It is better known as “The Long March”. My journey (by plane) began at 5:30 am on Friday, December 2. I set out from my base in Victoria, BC ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=30 Despite my mother and grandmother being regular readers of this blog, I will confess that of late I have been involved in significantly more illegal activity than usual. We the teachers have been defying a law that forces us back to work and defying a contempt of court ruling. ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=29 IrememberatimewhenIdrankwithfriendsandlistenedtorealIrishmusicatesconesssssssssssssssssschampagneandorangejuicewithcrepesandofreignflicksofnudeicelandersonthemountainwhileeatingDongBeiCaiathebeachlongwalkingtilweencounteredbrazilliansingerscoveringbowietuneslisteningtothemantalkabouttheguywithmoremoneythanGod. Yummy Pasta What you need to remember, Sunny, is that there is no spoon. The look of a woman who is working hard on an education project all weekend. no…nO….NO! Not another foreign flick! Even if I could take it somewhere I’d still go here You don’t need a sign, honey “the crab fishing ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=27 After parting Wales: calves a little bigger, feet a little sorer, liver a little more damaged, I took the train back to London in preparation for meeting the Twizzleton-Fifes (for all of the Twizzleton-Fife adventures, read Bec’s Happybox). I hadn’t been in London for over ten years and was ... http://www.onebigjourney.com/blog/?p=25