Belle Stewart (1906–1997) – singer, storyteller, tradition-bearer – was born #OTD, 18 July, in a bow tent on the banks of the Tay at Caputh, near Blairgowrie. She ranks alongside Jeannie Robertson in the roll of the finest Scots ballad-singers. #folksong #folklore 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0sM...

Back out this morning. The air seemed better after two days of air quality alerts I feel more tired than I should for riding 60 km. Hopefully things are even more back to normal tomorrow for a 100 km ride.

@alfreds-mad-world.bsky.social Thanks for the idea to dig these out! Hard to believe the 40th anniversary of the one at the bottom (Bob Dylan/Tom Petty at Pine Knob) was last month. Weird I didn't keep the one from seeing Neil Young at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. Can't keep them all, I guess

As #DonaldTrump threatens #Canada with higher #tariffs b/c of the smoke from our wildfires wafting into the US (sorry), a Canadian pilot died in Colorado helping fight forest fires there. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

I don't like #AI because it gives me too much wrong information, but even more than that, I hate its boot licking "Yes" man tone. Saw this video and had to laugh - guy asks three chatbots to count to 100. See how the big brains handle this. www.ctvnews.ca/video/2026/0...

Utterly fascinating www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAe6...

I'll say it again, cycling fans are the worst sports fans on the planet. Look at these idiots crowding the road with flags!

Unbelievable finish in the #TourDeFrance the other day youtube.com/shorts/sJWcm...

Merlier stopped pedalling and still won 🤯 Tim Merlier reaches a blistering 74.1 km/h to win Stage 12 of the Tour de France after a chaotic bunch sprint, securing his third victory of this year’s race. 𝐓𝐢𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 📏 Distance: 320m ⏱️ Time: 16” 💨 Avg speed: 71.7 km/h 🌪️ Max speed: 74.1 km/h

Looking forward to getting #FiveLegs by #GraemeGibson

This isn’t a movie scene. It’s Canada. Ontario’s skies glow from devastating wildfires, forcing communities to live with fear & uncertainty. Thinking of everyone affected & grateful to the firefighters & first responders risking everything 🇨🇦❤️ #Canada #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance #OntarioWildfires

A visit to a used bookstore? Sounds good to me!

Why not have the show AFTER the #WorldCup final? The halftime show at the #Superbowl is understandable because the game is so boring, you need something keep people tuned in. "Yankifying" the World Cup is a bad idea. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

My friend's photo in the sooty sky looks like a modern art painting

Aside from #cycling, I used to watch #squash, even subscribing to #SquashTV, but the officiating and the play of some players became so off-putting, I moved away from it. I found #QuashBadSquash YouTube channel and now see that I am not alone in my opinion www.youtube.com/@QuashBadSqu...

The forest fire maps are not very heartening. I can't imagine what it's like anywhere near where they're burning.

No ride this morning. Air quality is terrible with the forest fires in northern Ontario. The photos don't capture the pall of ash in the air in my neighbourhood. The inside of my house smells of burnt wood. The fires hundreds of km away.

George Callaghan (b.1941 Northern Ireland) Path to the Harbour. Acrylic on canvas.

Great ride this morning. Hoping to hit 94,000 km since May 2020 by the end of this month. Then it's two weeks off, traveling to #Paris. Walking around #QuebecCity last year kept my legs in excellent shape, so I don't think I'll lose any ground while away -- other than not logging kms.

🎨Gianluca Fallone

Watching championship squash and World Cup

Ennis House - Los Angeles (1924) by Frank Lloyd-Wright (featured in many Films & TV shows including ‘House On Haunted Hill’ and ‘Blade Runner’ to name but two)

Me when I miss a good weather day because I am too tired to cycle.

Had a great bike ride this morning. Had to really force myself out the door, but glad I did. Great temperature, low wind. Got humid as I went.

A very engaging young person I met at the author event yesterday in Amherstburg

Good ride so far. At my turnaround point in Emeryville Memoryville

Watching a documentary about Brian Eno as I try to get motivated for my 100 km ride this morning. Just love Eno's work and hearing him interviewed. He is such a creative force and one of the few people whose views on creativity I agree with almost 100%

Hungarian postage stamp that inspired the cover for Kraftwerk's Tour de France single

The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang D12: a song for the friends you'd commit crimes with #IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 🎧 #musicchallenge 🎶 #favemusicvideos

Watermelon Sorbet, Modern Relics series Studio Nokori, ink and pen on handmade paper www.studionokori.com/modern-relics #art #painting

If you're in Amherstburg between now and 4 pm, pop by our table! I am here with Gas of Tank Todd www.gasoftank.com

Eric the Magician (AKA "Cool Magic Guy") who will be visiting me at my booth at the River Bookshop author event today in Amherstburg kilominator.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/s...

Good ride this morning. Cycled 75 km because I have a book event today from 12 to 4 p.m. and I don't want to be dead on my feet. My friend Eric the Magician will be visiting me. I told him: "You want to see a real magic trick? I'm going to attempt to sell books."

Really enjoying this interview about #writing! #MariaPopova #DavidPerell pie.yt?v=https://yo...

I found this very interesting www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Today's ride was dedicated to the memory of #AlfredReisdorf who was killed last November while riding his bike. Rest easy Alfred.

Just finished reading #ToTheLighthouse by #VirginiaWoolf and loved the novel. Her writing is extraordinary. I wondered if the story would be a boring social study of British society, but it was intensely human and extremely moving. My 16 yr old nephew inspired me to try it.

This came up in my YouTube stream. Forgot how much I loved Big Country! #BigCountry #Scotland youtu.be/tM9I6ZtpThM

Beautiful morning in Canada! www.youtube.com/live/2oqC-fX...

#FIFA #WorldCup #Belgium

#FIFA #Corruption pie.yt?v=https://yo...

Hit 93,000 km since May 2020. Great ride!

Great ride for half the route. Thunder, lightning, rain the second half, coming home.

“The notes I write are only a quiet sigh compared to the magnificent symphony written by nature.”

#America has a lot to celebrate this #July4th. Every country is bigger and better than it's most disappointing "leaders". I will never visit your country again, but only a fool is blinded by the current chaos and unable to see the many things worth celebrating. youtu.be/YwSZvHqf9qM

Adventurous ride this morning that took me past Santa Monica BLVD and with eyeshot of Fermi II nuclear power plant.

Got out on the bike after it stopped raining. Roads dried quickly. Lots of wind damage from last night's storm, tin sheds crumpled like shoeboxes, trees down everywhere, fences obliterated.