chill week

so it's that time of year again. taking time to take it easy.
the last month i've took up cross country skiing which ive really gotten into. it's amazing how easy it is to set up and try. thrift stores are littered with used skis, the problem though is finding the right sized boots. i finally did by going to a nearby village called armstrong where time doesn't tick as fast.
and since you're basicly moving at a fast walking pace the need for top of the line new gear (as the safety of those things might be useful for downhill/alpine) is not needed. all it really takes is to do a bit of internerd research, find some used boots/skis/poles and any public park, backcountry road, or deserted farm oh and some decent snow, and you got the ingredients for a pretty awesome day.


the most recent project though is actually my last project in reverse.

the electric bicycle.
it's about 70% done. i'll put pics up soon when it's complete.

take it easy this week, + enjoy your holiday dinner and company.

other energy elsewhere

the first step in the alternative energy systemthis is what ive been working on all day & im pretty excited its done (well 95% at least) . a human-powered-excercise-bike-generator. its a 24v system for any geeks reading, and it does at least 5 amps w/o any tinkering.

-excercise bike stand from value village $10
-bike $ free
(when i told the bike store owners what it would be used for)
thanks Olympia bike and ski
- 5 gel batteries $0 courtsey vernon medical (old wheelchair batteries not usable to them but still mostly good)
-old dryer belt yeah free too
-multimeter $0 some freebee i got with that motorcycle mechanics course i did a while back
-pm dc motor, a few nuts and bolts, and a great welding job and other techy help from dad, thanks a bunch

so the next project for the system is a wind generator .... been doing some reserch and it should be in the works soon enough. also i heard you can get solar panel kits now and with soldering gun and a decent case you can make them in a day for a decent price. we'll see maybe down the road. still gotta put those tour pics up ahh maybe next time.

"are you extremely satisfied?"

you ever get that feeling if you dont stay on top of things all the time they pile up and just become overwhelming?

hello wheene


brendo remind me i got a bunch of pics from your show i could send you...
lasts daze at 2617

so i'm set up back in vernon now...got a couple jobs hear and there, cooking again at italian kitchen and p/t (sort of) at a tree nursary...helping out around the house; getting stuff done then adding more stuff to the to-do list . really researching on the building of a semi-permanent home... or dome or yurt or igloo or all those ideas and more combined.

i still gotta put up those pics from the LU44 tour eh? maybe next post...

so ive been working some at a new myspace page for my solo stuff (which could be one excuse for the non-existant blog entries). at least the stuff i did last year with pat palardy is up there. hopefully i can get the new ones recorded soon and get them up too. it doesn't look like much but if you wanna see it's...

www.myspace.com/pmglimm

i tryed to keep it as simple as possible...

K.I.S.S.

so these are my last couple days abroad. im in stockholm now and ill be heading back to canada tomorrow and land in TO. you may have noticed i changed my blog title. since ive collected multiple mushrooms, picked many flowers (although very few gave me the ability to shoot fire balls) and have rescued the princess, i decided it was time to change, once i realized that i would be going (a)round the world. but then soon that will be done too, i guess i need a longer lasting title.

the next part of the adventure is to join 'lucid 44 and the roofers' on their tour from ontario to nova scotia. you can hear their music on www.myspace.com/lucid44gutterawl. it will be fun times indeed and there will lots of pics from then. i definatly feel ready to come back home and start setting up longer lasting little life luxuries. ?? what does that mean, i guess ill find out.

Great Uncle Jurgen

this post is for my great uncle jurgen who passed away last week shortly us after leaving hamburg. i'm very glad to have met him and his family. of 8 brothers he was the last. of 8 brothers he was my opa helmut's favourite and the feeling from jurgen towards him was mutual. a medical surgeon and yet a man who found time to be a world traveler with his wife roma, he had a great passion for exploring and experiencing things outside his comfort zone. although from multiple back operations his physical ability was limited, he was fighter until the end, always trying to do things for himself. he is survived by his loving wife roma their children and grandchildren posted in the obituary.
peace be with you in whatever comes next Jurgen Glimm.


me and roma

roma and jurgen's son andy, wife sebina, daughter karoline, and son simon

i tryed to find a hamburger but they were called fricadella

the sea was calm as the day grew light. the journey to hamburg germany started easy enough arranged though a carpool website (modern hitchhiking). we travelled on two different ferries to take the shortest route there with a german builder named ingo. as an appreation gesture for travelling with him he gave us some chantrelle mushrooms and blueberry jam, the same things we've been collecting and eating for the last few weeks.we stayed with mikaela's friends karl and birte for the first few days and explored the inner city. hamburg has alot of character show though the architecture and mostly tastful graffiti. different independant clothing and 'junk' shops lined the quaint neibourhoods, and the harbour was a work of modernism with beautiful ships disprised thoughout.after our stay w/miki's friends i got ahold of some distant relatives that were near by and stayed on the outskirts of hamburg nearby in a place called neugraben. there we were closer to apple orchards and forrest walks but still within the city tram limits. i got to meet my great uncle jurgen and wife roma and had a nice time chatting over some coffee and cake. then off to their son andy's to stay for the remainer of the time. he took us out to a small town not far away where modern homes haven't laid destruction upon traditional buildings.had a great time all in all, and soon enough we had to stick our thumbs out into the internet to catch a ride back. stopped for a couple hours in copenhagen denmark and finally got our hamburgers.

sweet sweet sweden

so ive been in sweden the past few weeks. got to meet alot of mikaela´s friends and family and its been helpful being able to put a face and character to match the stories she´s told. it's a very nice scenic landscape not unlike parts of canada and tasmania. im trying to to speak some of my broken swedish but everyone's english (aside from some older shop keepers and such) is really good and i think they enjoy the practice of speaking english anyway. so im getting by...
back on the bicycles after a weekone of gothenburgs many canals. we´ve spent half the time in gothenburg, sweden's second biggest city next only to stockholm, and half the time on the outskirts of a town called hored, (its not as bad as the name might suggest). real country/rural sweden.who doesnt want to ride in a tea cup?jazz band in an old church during the jazz festcrayfish seasonsome acoustic jamsstreet performersi dont know i guess i had a staff that dayimpromptu scherades sp? in a parkah yes and mushroom hunting!! a favorite swedish pastime (dont worry its very safe and yes i have seen 'into the wild')so about a month left here now to see and explore; the ticket back to canada has been booked. so we'll be seeing you all soon enough (or leaving depending on whos reading this) hmmm, still finding out about getting to denmank and germany in the next week or so though. lots to plan and do trying to make the most of it...