Apr. 25th, 2008
Weird things found on the internet...
Apr. 25th, 2008 12:27 pm...personal connections division.
Okay, there's this internet site devoted to a particular subset of Victorian-era insane asylums (or state hospitals, the polite term). Which I found featured in one of my junk-mail architectural magazines. And one of the asylums listed:
http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/traversecity/
The personal connection -- my grandfather ran the place for about a decade, back around the turn of the previous century, and my mother was born there. We have, downstairs, an inlaid walnut cribbage board and a "Petoskey Stone" napkin ring made by inmates as presents to the family...
Okay, there's this internet site devoted to a particular subset of Victorian-era insane asylums (or state hospitals, the polite term). Which I found featured in one of my junk-mail architectural magazines. And one of the asylums listed:
http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/traversecity/
The personal connection -- my grandfather ran the place for about a decade, back around the turn of the previous century, and my mother was born there. We have, downstairs, an inlaid walnut cribbage board and a "Petoskey Stone" napkin ring made by inmates as presents to the family...
Friday not-roadkill report
Apr. 25th, 2008 03:33 pmThe wind did not relent. Instead, I proved that my stubbornness knows no bounds, and went for a ride anyway. Temperature in the mid 50s F, so that aspect was marginal, as well.
No roadkill to report. Not-roadkill includes spring peepers out in the bog, and a woodchuck surveying the cemetery.
The upwind leg took me about eight minutes longer than it should have. Downwind home went faster, but the two never balance out. Such is the metaphysical side of cycling.
15.27 miles, 1:14:14
No roadkill to report. Not-roadkill includes spring peepers out in the bog, and a woodchuck surveying the cemetery.
The upwind leg took me about eight minutes longer than it should have. Downwind home went faster, but the two never balance out. Such is the metaphysical side of cycling.
15.27 miles, 1:14:14