cycling, coping and moving beyond cocoon-bubble
Only until a few days ago, I returned to baby distance bike rides since we had some huge snowfalls and very cold temp. ---25 to wind chill -30 degrees C.
With the exception of commenters on my personal blog, Teamestrogen forums and another male-dominant American, dominant Internet forum for the past decade, I don't have any other dialogue with Americans.
I will say this: I understand this is a cycling/fitness forum and needs to remain that way. The current situation in the U.S. which can have some reverberations in Canada has caused this for me: I have closed off a blog post that I wrote a few years about the Canada -U.S. 49th parallel border as a CAnadian tourist: what I've seen from the perspective as a cyclist, bus rider, train rider and hiker. There are border points which I've gone through from British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
And with it, I have always treasured my CAnadian passport. I make sure it's renewed, etc. Like many CAnadians, even on domestic airflights we use our Canadian passport as the strongest govn't ID. Yea, I fly several times/annually within Canada and over 90% of people around me in the line-ups, show their Canadian passport. NOne of us, are boarding an international flight at that time. Honest, I am proud to show my Canadian passport.
I have also told people, I haven't been to Asia yet. I've never seen Asia yet in person. I know this sounds odd/terrible but that is deliberate on my part to get some people to change their mind that the face they see, someone like me they meet on the street, is never assume their country is overrun with "foreigners", etc. The same problems that happen in U.S. at times, happens at times in Canada.
Just to let you know: I'm reading the Washington Post several times / wk. In past years, I didn't read any American newspaper --except 2-3 times per year. I figure it's a good starting point.
