Itchy The Bear

The term anthropomorphize refers to the act of attributing human characteristics to non-human subjects, be they animals, plants, politicians or other inanimate objects. But if ever there was a creature that was a prime candidate for anthropomorphism, it is the bear. If you are one of those people who are ardent people watchers, you would enjoy watching bears – from a safe distance, of course. Bears seem so human in so many ways.  Anyone who’s ever spent any amount of time observing bears will notice that they usually appear to be just kind of bumbling their way through life, just like so many of the humans that we all know and love. I can see myself and my friends in many of the actions and behaviors of bears.

The Sights And Sounds Of Granville

I had intended to have this post up weeks ago. It was supposed to be a photo essay about Granville Island in Vancouver. But photo essays are hard to do without photos and I’ve been having a hard time processing our images from BC. I have managed to turn my back into a pretzel and sitting in front of my computer is proving to be one of the most uncomfortable places in the entire house. So photos are being processed, albeit very slowly. I can’t process photos because I screwed up my back and the way I screwed up my back was by….. (are you ready for some irony?)….. picking up a camera bag. Write a song about that, Alanis Morissette!