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April 07, 2004
April 6, 2004
In looking at some old email in an archive folder, I recollected that I used to sign with a quote. For several months or years in the mid 90's, I used a quote from The Dispossessed, (Harper & Row, 1974) by Ursula K. LeGuin:
It is the nature of idea to be communicated: written, spoken, done. The idea is like grass. It craves light, thrives on crossbreeding, grows better for being stepped on.
When I checked Randy's blog, his entry for April 5/04 mentioned his sf fanzine, Winding Numbers. I wrote several articles for Winding Numbers, including a sercon (that was fannish talk for serious and constructive) or critical literary review of The Dispossessed. LeGuin has remained one of my favourite writers, for her honesty and intellectualism and her appreciation of spirituality. I also agree with some of Thomas M. Disch's comments about LeGuin in his book The Dreams our Stuff is Made Of. Disch considers that LeGuin has been made into a feminist icon by literary critics, and that some of her ideas and themes have been appropriated and misrepresented by critics and imitators. Disch is not particularly enchanted with feminism and magical realism in fiction. His critique becomes sour around these matters of taste, and I part company with him there.
I got an email from Steve who asked me if if I had registered Sea of Flowers as a domain name. That wasn't a bad idea, and I registered sea-of-flowers.ca. I haven't set up the web page redirector yet.
I had a few interesting talks with some old neighbours waiting for the bus and with an old collegue over lunch.
I reached my son Dave by phone. He is not living at home. He ran away last fall, just before his 16th birthday to try to find independence, drugs, anarchy, metal music, sex and friends who appreciate his interests. He tried living on the street and he has settled down in a placement through a child welfare agency - at least for now. I have been visiting and talking to him over the last three weeks, after a long estrangement. He seems to have worked out some of his angry sense of having been forced out of school and out of his home by intolerable parental and societal rules.
After supper, Mike, Steve and I took a bike ride of about 26 kilometers through Assiniboine Park, over the bridge on Moray, through Woodhaven, to Grant's Mill in front of the Grace Hospital. The Assiniboine River and the creeks flowing into it are high with spring run-off. Mike took pictures. Steve has reactivated his Bike with Mike page and the pictures are there. I have a red helmet, a beard and a blue fleece or orange shell top in these pics.
With the change to daylight savings time last weekend we can ride for more than 2 hours after dinner which gives us time for riding and some rest and photography stops.
Posted by Tony Dalmyn at April 7, 2004 08:29 AM
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