...beachcombing on North Beach, eating raspberry pie made from raspberries we picked in Jack's backyard, roasting smokies over a campfire on North Beach, climbing Tow Hill, watching the sunset from Swarn's house, walking and talking on North Beach, hiking around Spirit Lake, drinking tea at the bakery on North Beach, having lunch at the Trouthouse with Wendie and her book club, North Beach, getting a Jin Shin Doe treatment from Swarn and doing yoga in her studio, North Beach, North Beach, and again, North Beach.
Photos are on my Flickr site...lots of pictures of the sea and the sky...
Monday, August 27, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Beyond the Pale
Yesterday, I learned the origin of this expression. I never would have guessed it has a strong connotation to Ireland...
The word "pale" is used to refer to a territory or jurisdiction under a specific authority -- often one that was foreign to the territory itself, such as when a city is occupied after an invasion.
The most famous pale was in Ireland (according to Wikipedia), when it was occupied by England and was often known simply as "the Pale" or "the English Pale." The area of the pale was Dublin and the surrounding 20 mile radius.
The phrase "beyond the pale" means to go beyond the limits of law or decency...by extension meaning that everyone who lived outside the pale was not living in a lawful manner -- they were wild Celts.
I think I'd like to live beyond the pale when I'm in Ireland. :)
The word "pale" is used to refer to a territory or jurisdiction under a specific authority -- often one that was foreign to the territory itself, such as when a city is occupied after an invasion.
The most famous pale was in Ireland (according to Wikipedia), when it was occupied by England and was often known simply as "the Pale" or "the English Pale." The area of the pale was Dublin and the surrounding 20 mile radius.
The phrase "beyond the pale" means to go beyond the limits of law or decency...by extension meaning that everyone who lived outside the pale was not living in a lawful manner -- they were wild Celts.
I think I'd like to live beyond the pale when I'm in Ireland. :)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Travel Plans
Well, the ticket is bought and paid for...no turning back now!
I will leave Vancouver on Sept 18th and fly to London. I've reconnected with an old high school friend who was a Turkish exhange student in Kimberley, who is now living and working in London, so I'll be staying with her and catching up on the last 14 years since we last saw each other. I'm so looking forward to that!
I also have been invited by my colleague Davorka to come and stay with her at her family's place in Dubrovnik, Croatia. How cool is that??!! She's traveling there with her daughter for the month of September, so it's perfect timing. I'm just in the process of arranging a ticket from London to Dubrovnik, likely for Sept 24-28.
And then, I fly from London to Dublin on Sept 30. It's so cool how it's all coming together. I'm so happy I get to have a "mini holiday" before I get to Ireland...it will give me a chance to get over my jetlag and ease myself into Europe.
I will leave Vancouver on Sept 18th and fly to London. I've reconnected with an old high school friend who was a Turkish exhange student in Kimberley, who is now living and working in London, so I'll be staying with her and catching up on the last 14 years since we last saw each other. I'm so looking forward to that!
I also have been invited by my colleague Davorka to come and stay with her at her family's place in Dubrovnik, Croatia. How cool is that??!! She's traveling there with her daughter for the month of September, so it's perfect timing. I'm just in the process of arranging a ticket from London to Dubrovnik, likely for Sept 24-28.
And then, I fly from London to Dublin on Sept 30. It's so cool how it's all coming together. I'm so happy I get to have a "mini holiday" before I get to Ireland...it will give me a chance to get over my jetlag and ease myself into Europe.
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