tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post3380346680375108226..comments2024-03-20T13:35:46.089-04:00Comments on Life on two wheels: I knocked; the universe answeredDavid Massehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-11915856126418445122016-09-06T14:40:22.101-04:002016-09-06T14:40:22.101-04:00Here I sit, a little over a year later, in a new h...Here I sit, a little over a year later, in a new home, in a new city.<br /><br />Susan, Jonathan, Vicky and I were wandering around in the Distillery District west of downtown Toronto, window shopping for art.<br /><br />We ran into the fascinating work of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BWybou" rel="nofollow">Barbara Wybou</a>. Barbara has a little shop where she sells her art consisting primarily of artful representations of the Chinese Zodiac using Japanese woodblock printing. In particular she designed mandala-like images of the rat and of the snake that even her friends, born in those years but suffering with rat and snake phobias, could love.<br /><br />Barbara explained to me that the Chinese dragon, though it lives in the sky, has no wings, has antlers, and does not breathe fire.<br /><br />As they say... '<i>the more you know</i>'.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-13139521395621868762015-08-25T22:29:26.214-04:002015-08-25T22:29:26.214-04:00Nope, she right-handed, but plenty smart :^)Nope, she right-handed, but plenty smart :^)Keith - Circle Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992667666539622569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-74355536658992033722015-08-25T21:40:55.547-04:002015-08-25T21:40:55.547-04:00Is Heather left-handed, like me?
I know a very in...Is Heather left-handed, like me?<br /><br />I know a very influential and powerful lefty who once remarked to me when I teased him that he was another person with a birth defect, that the smartest people are left-handed.<br /><br />Unconvential, surely, but smartest?David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-14085400814096500672015-08-24T20:19:42.814-04:002015-08-24T20:19:42.814-04:00Heather is a dragon! The Universe seems fond of he...Heather is a dragon! The Universe seems fond of her as well.Keith - Circle Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992667666539622569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-87994158130226050522015-08-24T13:59:11.185-04:002015-08-24T13:59:11.185-04:00Amen... it's indeed a lesson worth learning.Amen... it's indeed a lesson worth learning.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-13874582534083453692015-08-24T13:58:40.498-04:002015-08-24T13:58:40.498-04:00I'll have to remember to wear it when we pick ...I'll have to remember to wear it when we pick you up at the airport. Only days now.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-33703798001620906592015-08-24T13:57:44.657-04:002015-08-24T13:57:44.657-04:00Doug you know how to make a guy's head swell. ...Doug you know how to make a guy's head swell. Thank you.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-49324496633698612172015-08-24T13:56:53.842-04:002015-08-24T13:56:53.842-04:00We so have to get together over a cup of coffee an...We so have to get together over a cup of coffee and a slice of pie.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-23293015093709178552015-08-24T13:56:15.931-04:002015-08-24T13:56:15.931-04:00Now I know I'll have a dragon cap to wear basi...Now I know I'll have a dragon cap to wear basically forever.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-80423688452448101962015-08-24T13:55:16.822-04:002015-08-24T13:55:16.822-04:00Dragons are obviously cool, and being so cool, mig...Dragons are obviously cool, and being so cool, might have 'a view of themselves' as a friend of mine was fond of saying. But when you have powerful wings and can breath fire at will, keeping your ego in check is sometimes a challenge.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-85022115867074110742015-08-24T13:53:31.876-04:002015-08-24T13:53:31.876-04:00Thanks Richard.
I think that moto-bloggers unders...Thanks Richard.<br /><br />I think that moto-bloggers understand. It's not that we're so special, but we are outliers who have chosen a path outside the mainstream. Somewhere along the way, each of us stepped outside our comfort zone.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-53716489903637196402015-08-23T19:57:34.197-04:002015-08-23T19:57:34.197-04:00Great story. It's ALWAYS worth asking; you nev...Great story. It's ALWAYS worth asking; you never know what the response will be.Canajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-44047068835965169962015-08-23T11:32:56.072-04:002015-08-23T11:32:56.072-04:00Great story! I had to look it up and learned that ...Great story! I had to look it up and learned that I was born in the year of the snake, whatever that might mean... But hubby is a dragon born child, so all is well ;-). Love the hat(s), and I am going to see you wear it! Yes?SonjaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389245948579828531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-42207120500387596572015-08-22T17:33:17.390-04:002015-08-22T17:33:17.390-04:00David,
I've never heard of any of this before,...David,<br />I've never heard of any of this before, certainly a fun discovery and from you, treasure. Thank you!Coop a.k.a. Coopdwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914017974356686409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-26784789216242037912015-08-22T13:50:32.240-04:002015-08-22T13:50:32.240-04:00Very cool! Yup the universe has a way of hearing t...Very cool! Yup the universe has a way of hearing things from time to time!Dar https://www.blogger.com/profile/14690180541358767168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-58478407243622921592015-08-22T12:24:57.640-04:002015-08-22T12:24:57.640-04:00Very cool. Enjoy the hat(s).Very cool. Enjoy the hat(s).Trobairitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453398807198746434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-67584208079877760962015-08-21T21:00:28.353-04:002015-08-21T21:00:28.353-04:00Indeed, nice story. Year of the Dragon eh? That&...Indeed, nice story. Year of the Dragon eh? That's the best of course....according to my mom who is also born in that year. I too have a chop, though mine is of a pig as I was born in the year of the Boar. I wonder where that is, should find it.<br /><br />redlegsrideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927757855921321097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-85652631772564905582015-08-21T13:37:36.049-04:002015-08-21T13:37:36.049-04:00A great story with a strong message...A great story with a strong message...RichardMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773834892715980735noreply@blogger.com