{"id":2698,"date":"2024-02-09T13:28:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2024-02-09T13:35:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T18:35:56","slug":"back-in-the-saddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/back-in-the-saddle\/","title":{"rendered":"back in the saddle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I love my new bike, as I have probably said here before. I guess I can call it new until the 1 year mark. The winter hasn&#8217;t kept me from riding to appointments, but the unseasonably beautiful weather today sent me out for a ride just for the joy of it. The Brooks saddle is not only beautiful, but far more comfortable than I ever would have imagined. If you can afford one, they really are wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beth and I headed down to the new Don River mouth to take a look now that water has been added to the mix. The sun shone and we had a lovely time poking around. I didn&#8217;t take any photos today, but the Waterfront Toronto Instagram accounts have lots of beautiful images and even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/TheRockRipper\/\">water level tracker<\/a>. The picture below is from about 10 days ago before water was being pumped in. This area is all wonderfully wet now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5499-1024x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5499-1024x340.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5499-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5499-768x255.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5499-1536x510.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5499-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My life is complicated still and likely always will be. The combination of a rectal excision and IBS is not one I recommend<sup data-fn=\"72d611fd-d5b5-4724-bf04-1571b4f264a4\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#72d611fd-d5b5-4724-bf04-1571b4f264a4\" id=\"72d611fd-d5b5-4724-bf04-1571b4f264a4-link\">1<\/a><\/sup>. I&#8217;m doing better at managing it and am more numb to the bad outcomes, getting better at &#8220;handling my shit&#8221; so to speak. As a result, I am getting out and about more and you might just see me around town on my spiffy new bike. I&#8217;ve started playing music in public again, so far just at Holy Trinity on Sunday morning, and will be attending and hosting events of some kind again as the weather improves. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a part of that getting around, I am trying to save Fridays for personal work like music, woodworking and writing. That will manifest itself in small ways here, but I hope to write some more substantive things too. I&#8217;ll share more if it comes together. Love you all and see you around town and on or near the water in the coming weeks and months. If you&#8217;d like to connect for coffee, exploring, sailing, paddling, let me know. Would love to see you again and return to a closer approximation of my life in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2702\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5617-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5617-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5617-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5617-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5617-scaled.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A weird little Cabbagetown institution, Jay&#8217;s Garden has had a generational handoff and has become a bit more of an upscale place in a newly renovated building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fc7c744afbd&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fc7c744afbd\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"2704\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5521-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"a burning cedar branch and small pieces of wood in a round, metal fireplace with a burning envelope in the middle.\" class=\"wp-image-2704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5521-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5521-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5521-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5521-scaled.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A few friends gathered with us a couple of weeks back to symbolically burn traumas in a cedar fire in our yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"72d611fd-d5b5-4724-bf04-1571b4f264a4\"><em> Do your colon cancer screening folks. Found early, it&#8217;s simple to treat during a colonoscopy and need not affect your life. Also, the drugs they give you during your colonoscopy are great. <\/em> <a href=\"#72d611fd-d5b5-4724-bf04-1571b4f264a4-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love my new bike, as I have probably said here before. I guess I can call it new until the 1 year mark. The winter hasn&#8217;t kept me from riding to appointments, but the unseasonably beautiful weather today sent me out for a ride just for the joy of it. The Brooks saddle is&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"<em> Do your colon cancer screening folks. Found early, it's simple to treat during a colonoscopy and need not affect your life. 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