I love Pages. I don't even have the new version, and still I love Pages.

I don't have time to blog about this love, really, but I wanted to publicly declare my affection.

Pages kicks MS Word's ass (surprise surprise).

Every time I finish creating something using Pages, I feel proud and happy.

Oh, Pages. Thank you for making my life easier.

I am totally besotted with cycling around Toronto in the springtime.

Anyone who doubts the wonderfulness of cycling as a means of transportation has *clearly* not ever ridden around central Toronto, with fresh eyes, in mid-May.

There are many, many trees lining the streets (really! next time you fly into Pearson, marvel at how green this city actually is from above), many neat old buildings, many interesting people to smile at, and many cute parks to cut through.

There are ample bike lanes, and few hills.

There are cyclists of every stripe, from hipsters on cruisers, to scruffy people on beaters, to hardcores on hot bikes, to couriers on fast bikes who do things in traffic that I will likely never dare to do. Anything goes, and anyone is welcome.

All that shitty Toronto traffic? Largely not your problem while on a bike. Ditto for parking.

I have been a regular cyclist for 8 years now, 2 of them in Victoria and 6 in Vancouver. I have always believed in it as a good means of transport, providing exercise while reducing environmental impact. All that said, I have to admit that my genuine enjoyment and enthusiasm had waned in the past two years. The love was kind of fading.

But learning my way around Toronto by bike has brought it back, and I am stoked! So I am going to enjoy every moment of it before it gets swelteringly hot and humid... and then I'm going to keep trying to enjoy it. In less clothing.

See you on the streets!