on this day back in 1957 i was born in manchester, england. so today i gratefully acknowledge the privilege of having travelled 51 times around the sun. i checked into that little piece of trivia and calculated that it means that each year my body has travelled 584,018,150 miles (939,886,400 km) which means that it has now travelled 3 billion 504 million 425 thousand and 650 miles or 47 billion 934 million 206 thousand and 400 kilometres. no wonder i feel tired some mornings!

to acknowledge my beginning my 52nd orbit, i will be leaving tomorrow on a 250 mile round trip by bicycle to kingston, ontario. if everything works as it should - my bike, my body - i'll be gone for six days. i’ll be following a route established by various local and provincial government bodies. it will be what cyclists refer to as a “credit card tour” insomuch as i will be staying in hotels, eating in restaurants and stopping to take photographs and write notes along the way.

this may mean that there’ll be some empty days here on the golden fish unless i figure out the post dating mechanism which i think i can manage. it does mean that witticisms and anecdotes, and cautiously expressed outrage will not be responded to for possibly six days. express yourself regardless. i’m pretty good about getting back to people!!

when i get back, i’ll upload whatever pics turn out and include whatever stories are worth telling!!

see you later!! steven