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Keith Cotton and Ted Horobiowski with Kevin Harding of Hewlett Packard (Commute Smart ETC Champion).
LONDON - MARCH 8: People, blurred by long exposure, commuting in a symmetrical tunnel in the London underground. London, UK, March 8, 2013.
Irish Rail class 29000 DMU number 29008 approaching Matt Goff bridge opposite the Intel plant in Leixlip, Co. Kildare on its way to Dublin Connolly with an evening Arrow Commuter train from Maynooth. The water way running next to the tracks is the Royal Canal.
The stretch of line is now part of Irish Rail's mainline from Dublin Connolly to Sligo, but it was originally built by the MGWR (Midland Great Western Railway) as part of their mainline to Galway. The MGWR bought the Royal Canal and laid their track next to for almost the entire stretch from Dublin to Mullingar. Because the line follows the canal so closely, it has a lot of quite sharp turns in it. Here we see one such turn between Deey Bridge (and the 13th lock of the Royal Canal) and the new Matt Goff Bridge in Leixlip, Co. Kildare.
Stormy Weather- Ella Fitzgerald
I thought I saw clouds ahead. At least the brief summer storm livens up the journey, as does this Thunderbirds style building. It is Lancaster South, known to all but it's owners as Forton Services. It was built in the year I was born and as a child it always filled me with wonder and delight, a futuristic dream in the middle of rural Lancashire. I'm not the only one who loves this building, it was added to the official protected list a couple of years ago. Originally a restaurant, it closed when it failed fire safety regulations 25 years ago. There isn't a proper fire escape route except jumping or driving off in your flying car. Bit of a design faux pas that, but back in 1965 flying cars were expected to be only a year or two away.
Phone, cards, transit passes, cash, to-do notebook, first aid kit, wind layer, lightweight backup layer.
Keith Cotton and Ted Horobiowski with Karla Beers of Snohomish County Government (Commute Smart Employer Champion).
Back door opens and the song opens with a crescendo
of cold air, dying down as temperatures mix.
Bike Shed opens and a second instrument joins in,
Sha-Shink, Sha-Shink
Adding a circular layer of rhythm.
Heart pumps faster and heats up the melody, with a beat so low it's felt in my
chest, not heard.
I feel the song in my fingertips tingling. I hear the song in the wind, icing
my cheeks.
First stoplight and the quiet chorus of rejuvination fills in.
Winds recede and cheeks warm up. Gloved hands are nestled under
arms. Legs Rest.
Green Light and Sha-Shink, Sha-Shink, the rhythm repeats and heart-bass warms
up the backbeat again. The heat of the melody rises and rises until cheeks
are bright against the breeze. Fingers limber up against the odds.
Sha-Shink, Sha-Shink
The groove is on now.
And, just when I'm ready for one more verse, I've arrive and the silence of
indoor space returns, and the instruments of winter commuting fade away.
How do I begin my day? Each morning my darling Alice (@aliwongsf), our gal Kaili 🐶 and I walk several blocks to the 29 Sunset #sfmuni bus stop. It is always a good walk as the three of us talk a little about the day before us. When I arrive at the stop, I have several options—as most #sanfranciscans know all lines lead inbound and endup somewhere around #sffidi. Today, I took the J Church #metro. Once I got on the metro, I dove right into a book. Currently I am half way through #anythingconsidered by #petermayle. While this is a piece of fiction, parts of it could easily have been my biography. Now I am at my desk and having black #coffee, fresh #oranges, and yesterday’s leftover grilled #chicken, and just noting to my colleagues a couple of passages I found interesting during today’s commute. This is how I like to begin my day—in a thoughful, pondering mode. Now onto writing about wines that my palate really got into recently. Happy Thursday! #reading #commuting (Photo by Wilfred Wong, October 19, 2017, San Francisco, CA)