By some accounts, it's been a frustrating day. By other accounts, the frustrations were minor compared to the fruits of today's adventures. And there's been some cosmic alignments that make me feel all warm, fuzzy, connected and justified that no matter the strangeness of the pursuit, all roads lead to home. ( Time Travelling, Mechanical Men, Holly Black, Gangsters and Jedi Chefs behind the cut. It's more interesting than it sounds! )

Today Dr Smith and I went for a walk through our personal greenwood. I suppose the neighbours share it too, but really, it's ours. Despite two small snowfalls this autumn, we're experiencing some warm, clear days with brilliant light. We can walk through the wood almost all the way to our grocery store - almost 1 1/2 km long, though it's narrow and development presses up against it from each side. Here's a picture I took of our woodlands:


( Follow the path. )

I played the role of Ambassadorial courier to Babylon 5 yesterday.

This job took me across more than 300 km of sun-baked prairie at the height of summer - who could ask for a better time to turn their backs on the mountains to the west of us? And while I didn't get to travel through the stars, in some ways heading into south-east Alberta - Palliser's Triangle - counts as time travelling.

My Londo Mollari costume finished, it was time to put it in the hands of the man who was born to play the tragic hero of B5 (well, other than Peter Jurasik himself), my friend Mark. It's a sad time for me though, to see my little costume head off like this, after all those months together. At least Mark is going to provide an excellent home for him. Mark is a classmate of mine who now lives in the small city of Medicine Hat. ( Behind the cut is a quick picture of the costume )