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A gliding reclining chair has a base, on which a preferably three-position recliner chair mechanism is suspended by two short glider links on each side. The upper and lower pivot joints of the glider links are ball bearing-type joints, for ease of gliding. As the legrest is extended, associated links engage stops provided on the base and glider links for preventing gliding. The handle for thrusting and retracting the legrest interconnects and associates the two side linkages, so that they act in coordination.
1. A gliding reclining chair, comprising:
a base;
a mechanism supported on the base;
the base including left and right side linkages having a plurality of corresponding elements, including left and right main plates and left and right main carrier links; a transverse bar laterally interconnecting said main plates for coordinating longitudinal movement of said side linkages relative to said base; and a torque tube journalled for rotation in and laterally interconnecting said main carrier links for coordinating operation of said left and right side linkages;
said left and right side linkages including respective pantographic linkage systems for extending and retracting a legrest;
a legrest mounted on said pantographic linkage systems for extension and retraction;
said pantographic linkage systems each having two rear links respectively based on said main carrier link and said torque tube, for extension and retraction upon rotation of said torque tube about its own longitudinal axis respectively in one angular direction and in an opposite angular direction;
a seat and arm frame unit mounted on said main carrier links;
a seat back articulated to the main carrier link by side linkage elements permitting movement of the seat back between an erect position and a reclined position;
said side linkages including respective pluralities of interpivoted links mounting said main carrier links on said main plates for tilting the main carrier links downwards to the rear relative to the main plates upon extension of the legrest, and back upwards upon retraction of the legrest, and for translating the main carrier links upwardly and forwardly relative to said main plates upon reclining of said chair back, and downwardly and rearwardly upon erecting of said back;
each side linkage further including front and rear generally vertical hanger links having respective upper, transverse, horizontal axis pivot joints pivotally connecting to said base, and respective lower, transverse, horizontal axis pivot joints pivotally connecting to respective ones of said main plates, thereby mounting said mechanism on said base for gliding motion relative to said base;
said base and each side linkage cooperatively further including a lower lock and upper lock, each including a first fixed position lock element on said base and a second lock element on a moveable lock link of each said side linkage, respective of lock elements being engageable for preventing said gliding motion and disengageable for permitting said gliding motion;
said left and right side linkages further including respective interpivoted links articulated to move said lock links in one direction to engage said upper and lower locks, and in an opposite direction to disengage said upper and lower locks.
2. The gliding reclining chair of claim 1, wherein:
each said moveable lock link has said second lock elements thereof located at opposite ends thereof, and is pivoted to the respective main plate intermediate said opposite ends, and articulated to the respective pantographic linkage system for rotation from a generally horizontal position to a generally vertical position for engaging said locks, and from said generally vertical position to said generally horizontal position for disengaging said locks.
3. The gliding reclining chair of claim 1, wherein:
said upper and lower pivot joints of said hanger links are ball bearing joints.
This is based on provisional application Ser. No. 60/005,330, filed Oct. 17, 1995.
Most 3-position reclining chairs which are also rockers include rocker cams on which the chair mechanism is mounted. The rocker cams are supported on rails or rail regions of a base, and locks are usually provided for restricting or preventing rocking of the rocker cams on the rails if the legrest has been thrust sufficiently to lift the user's feet off the floor.
The rocker cams on rails provides a distinctive arc to the rocking motion of the user in the chair. The conventional rocking motion imposes restrictions on styling, including seat height. To some users or potential users, the flatter arching motion provided by a porch glider is more comfortable and less disconcerting than the motion provided by rocker cams rocking on rails or another flat surface. A shorter user can glide without their feet being lifted from the floor.
The rocker locks conventionally provided on rocker recliners often involve linkages which must pivot when the chair is meant to rock, or landing gear that can disconcertingly engage the base.
A gliding reclining chair has a base, on which a preferably three-position recliner chair mechanism is suspended by two short glider links on each side. The upper and lower pivot joints of the glider links are ball bearing-type joints, for ease of gliding. As the legrest is extended, associated links engage stops provided on the base and glider links for preventing gliding. The handle for thrusting and retracting the legrest interconnects and associates the two side linkages, so that they act in coordination.
The principles of the invention will be further discussed with reference to the drawings wherein preferred embodiments are shown. The specifics illustrated in the drawings are intended to exemplify, rather than limit, aspects of the invention as defined in the claims.
In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a gliding reclining chair embodying a preferred embodiment of the present invention, shown from the front and right side, with the legrest fully extended, and the backrest erect, in the intermediate, TV position of the chair.
In FIG. 2-16, the upholstered backrest, seat and arm frame unit, and legrest are omitted.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the chair, looking from the omitted right side at the inner face of the left side, with the legrest fully retracted and the suspended structure of the chair at its natural rest position;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the chair from the right and above, in its FIG. 2 position;
FIG. 4 is a larger scale fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the chair as shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the chair from the left and above, in its FIG. 2 position;
FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the chair in its FIG. 2 position;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the chair from the rear, from a more elevated viewpoint than FIG. 6, showing the chair in its FIG. 2 position;
FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 2, but showing suspended structure of the chair fully glided backward;
FIG. 9 is a view similar to FIG. 2, but showing the suspended structure of the chair fully glided forward;
FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of the chair, looking from the omitted right side at the inner face of the left side, with the legrest fully extended, the back erect, and glide blocked, in the intermediate, TV position which is also depicted in FIG. 1;
FIG. 11 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 3, but showing the chair in its FIG. 1 position;
FIG. 12 is a larger scale fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the chair as shown in FIG. 11;
FIG. 13 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 5, but showing the chair in its FIG. 1 position;
FIG. 14 is a top plan view of the chair in its FIG. 1 position;
FIG. 15 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 7, but showing the chair in its FIG. 1 position; and
FIG. 16 is a longitudinal sectional view of the chair, similar to FIGS. 2, 8, 9 and 10, but showing the chair with the legrest fully extended and the back fully reclined.
Referring briefly to FIG. 1, the chair 10 of the preferred embodiment is a 3-position gliding reclining chair having a mechanism 12 mounted on a base 14 and having mounted thereon an upholstered seat and arm frame unit 16, an upholstered back 18, and an upholstered legrest, including a primary legrest 20 and a secondary legrest 22. (In the art, an ottoman is a synonym for a legrest.)
In the preferred embodiment, the base 14, is a swivel base which includes an upper, rotary base plate 24, a rotary joint 26 and a lower, stationary base 28. This type of base is well known in the art. In a non-swivel alternative, the features 26 and 28 are omitted, so that the base 14 is provided by an analog of the plate 24, which is stationary in use and may be different in appearance (e.g., be legs or rails or a rectangular plate, or made of metal).
The chair of the invention may be manufactured of conventional materials, using conventional techniques. Thus, the mechanism 12 may be largely made of pieces sheared or punched from steel plate, drilled, bent and painted, e.g., flat black. Fixed connections may be provided by rivets through aligned holes, stops by pins fixed in holes so as to project, and pivots by nut-and-bolt assemblies installed through aligned holes, or by rivets provided with washer-like spaces, e.g., made of steel or nylon provided between the joined links. Unless otherwise indicated or apparent, rivets and pivots provide transverse, horizontal axis joints. The terms left and right, as used, are given from the perspective of a person sitting in the chair. The term medial means at or towards the imaginary vertical centerline plane bisecting the left from the right of the chair, and lateral refers to the direction leftwards or rightwards away from the imaginary vertical centerline plane.
Although in the preferred embodiment, the upper base 24 is made of wood, e.g., a sheet of plywood, it could be fabricated at least in part of steel parts assembled and joined.
For convenience, much of the description will be made in relation to one side of the chair, when in fact but for a few features such as an operating handle (described below) usually provided only on one side, the two sides of the chair are mirror images of one another about the aforementioned imaginary vertical medial plane.
In a left-to-right sense, the terms outboard and outside refer to features that are relatively away from the imaginary vertical medial plane, whereas the terms inboard and inside refer to features that are relatively towards the imaginary vertical medial plane.
The mechanism 12 is preferably manufactured as mirror image left and right side linkages 30, 32 some corresponding elements of which are joined, e.g., by a transverse bar or square-sectioned tube 34 and a torque tube 36. The joining of the side linkages by these features can be accomplished before or after the side linkages are mounted to the chair base.
Also, for convenience in manufacture, parts of the base, e.g., the brackets 38, may be actually preassembled to the mechanism.
The base or upper base plate 24 is shown provided at the left and right, near the front and rear with four L-shaped brackets 38, each having a lower horizontal flange 40 and an outer, vertical flange 42. It is from upper pivot joints 44 provided at the upper ends of the flanges 42 that the mechanism 12 is glidingly, hangingly suspended on the base, by means of forward and rear hanger links 46, 48, via lower pivot joints 50.
The upper and lower pivot joints 44, 50 preferably incorporate annular ball bearing races, so that the pivoting action about the respective pivot axis is especially freely acting. Suitable ball bearing joints are widely commercially available.
The hanger links are preferably short, e.g., so that there is about 4.0 inches (10.2 cm) between the upper and lower pivot joints. The hanger links on the same side of the chair are preferably concavely arcuate toward one another in side profile. The lower pivot joints are preferably about 10.25 inches (25.4 cm) apart, and the upper pivot joints about 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) further apart than the lower pivot joints. In other words, on each side, the lower pivot joints of the glider hanging links are preferably somewhat closer together than are the upper pivot joints.
Above the upper pivot joints, the vertical flanges 42 of the base rear corner brackets 38 are shown having laterally protruding stop pins 52, provided with nylon sleeves, grommets or bumpers.
Forwardly of the lower pivot joint, each rear hanging link includes a medially directed generally vertical stop flange 54.
The remainder of the mechanism 12 could be adapted from a pre-existing mechanism. Some parts shown made of two pieces riveted together, could be fabricated as one piece, and vice versa.
Each side linkage is shown using a main plate 56. It is mainly disposed in vertical planes, with more medial lower portion and a more lateral upper portion, integrally joined at a generally horizontal shoulder, a central part of the lower portion being cut prior to bending the shoulder, so that it remains in the plane of the shoulder to provide a medially directed tab 58.
The transverse bar 34 is secured at its opposite ends to the respective side linkage tabs 58.
In-turned horizontal flanges are centrally provided on upper edges of the plates 56 at 60 to serve as guards to prevent underlying pivoted structure from cutting or interfering with the underside of the seat and arm frame unit.
The rear lower pivot joints 50 of the hanger links 48 mount to rear portions of the lower portions of the main plate 56 and the front lower pivot joints 50 of the hanger links 46 mount to front portions of the lower portions of the main plate 56.
Because the torque tube 36 needs to move forwardly and upwardly relative to the main plates 56 as the chair back is reclined from the TV position to the fully reclined position, relatively large openings 62 are provided through the plates 56, and the torque tube 36 passes transversely of the chair through both of them.
Each side linkage further includes a main carrier link 64 of substantial longitudinal extent.
Each side linkage includes towards its front end a respective pantographic linkage system for mounting a legrest for being thrust (in the TV position) and restricted (in the erect position of the chair). Although only one legrest could be provided, by preference (and as is widely done) the legrest is provided as two elements, namely the primary legrest 20 and the secondary legrest 22.
Referring to the chair as shown with the legrest extended, each pantographic linkage system is shown including (starting from its outer end) a primary legrest mounting bracket 66 having a medially projecting flange and a longitudinal flange having an upper pivot joint 68 and a lower pivot joint 70. A forward lower link 72 has its upper, forward end pivoted to the bracket 66 at 70, and a lower pivot joint 74 provided at its lower, rear end. A forward cross-link 76 has its forward, lower end pivoted to the lower, rear end of the forward, lower link, at 74, and an upper end pivot joint provided at 78. A portion of the upper end of the forward cross-link 76 is bent to extend medially as a flange 80 providing a site for securement thereto of a respective end of the secondary legrest 22.
The forward end of a forward upper link 82 is pivoted to the bracket 66 at 68, crosses on the outer side of the forward cross-link 76, and has a pivot joint 84 provided at its lower, rear end. Where the links 76 and 82 cross, they are pivotally joined by a pivot joint 86.
A rear upper link 88 and a rear cross-link 90 cross at 92, where they are pivotally joined. The lower, forward end of the rear cross-link is pivoted to the lower rear end of the forward upper link 82 at 84. The forward, upper end of the rear upper link 88 is pivoted to the upper, rear end of the front cross-link 76 at 78.
The upper, rear end of the rear cross-link 90 is pivoted to the front end of the main carrier link 64 by a pivot joint 95.
The lower, rear end of the rear upper link 88 is pivotally joined by a pivot joint 96 to the radially outer end of a crank link 98, the radially inner end of which is secured on a stub 100 of the torque tube 36 which projects out through an annular nylon bushing 102 in which the torque tube is journalled in a respective hole through the main carrier link 64.
Either of the stubs 100 has the handle tube 102 of a crank handle 104 telescoped onto it through a grommeted opening (not shown) provided through the respective side of the seat and arm frame unit 16.
Manual angular rotation of the handle 104 about the axis of the torque tube 36 angularly rotates the crank link 98, thereby causing the pantographic linkage systems to project (thrust), when the handle is rotated in one direction, and to retract, when the handle is rotated in the opposite direction.
In order to prevent a legrest from failing to fully retract into a stowed condition when a user pulls back on the primary legrest with his or her heels and/or rotates the handle 104 in the appropriate direction, it is convention to provide helper springs. These are usually tension coil springs secured between appropriate structures. They can, but need not be provided on both side linkages, and even if provided on both sides, need not be the same on the handle side as on the non-handle side. For instance, in the example depicted, a first short radial bracket 106 provide on the outer stub 100 on the non-handle side mounts at its radially outer end the front end of a tension coil spring assembly 108 the rear end of which is hooked onto a laterally projecting pin 110 providing on an intermediate height rear end portion of the main carrier link 64. And, a second short radial bracket 112 is secured on the torque tube closely inboard of the handle side linkage. A tension coil spring assembly 114 has its forward end (via an arching link 116 secured to the radially outer end of the bracket 112) and its rear end hooked onto an upwardly projecting pin 118 based on the horizontal shoulder of the main plate 56.
Moving the chair from the erect position shown in FIGS. 2-9 to the TV position shown in FIGS. 1 and 10-15, extends the legrest-mounting pantographic linkage systems and resultantly stretches the springs 108 and 114. As the legrest is stowed, the springs 108 and 114 recover, to cause complete stowing of the legrest (i.e., complete movement from the FIGS. 1 and 10-15 position, to the FIG. 2-9 position).
As can be seen, when the chair is in its erect position shown in FIGS. 2-9, nothing (but friction and gravity, the effects of which are minimized) prevent free glidability of the chair relative to the base by swinging of the forward and rear hanging links 46, 48. The glide-preventing lock structure provided in the chair of the present invention is entirely out-of-the-way, disengaged and inactive. However, this glide-preventing lock structure is activated and moves into the way and becomes engaged as the chair is actuated to move from its erect position of FIGS. 2-9, to its TV position of FIGS. 1 and 10-15, and inactivated again as the chair is actuated to move back to the erect position.
At this stage, more of the glide-preventing lock structure needs to be described, so that its structure and manner of operation can be more readily understood.
As shown, one of the second short radial brackets 112, is also provided on the torque tube 36 next to the non-handle side linkage.
Operators for the locks are mounted to and operated by arcuate movement of the outer ends of these brackets 112 as the torque tube 36 is rotated (by rotating the handle 104 or the user's pulling back on the primary legrest using his or her heels). The operators for the glide-preventing locks are shown each including a downwardly, rearwardly concavely arcuate crescent link 120 having its forwarded end pivoted to the radially outer end of the bracket 112 at a pivot joint 122 which may be the same, on the handle side, as is used by the crescent link 116 of the front end of the spring assembly 114. The upper, rear end of the crescent link 120 is pivoted by a pivot joint 125 to the forward, upper end of a long longitudinal link 124 which is pivoted at an intermediate site along its length, by a pivot joint 126 to an upper intermediate portion of the main plate 56. A lock carrier link 128 is provided which is generally concavely arcuate upwards (in side elevational profile). Intermediate its forward and rear ends, it is pivotally mounted on the medial side of the main plate 56 by a pivot joint 130 in the lower rear portion of the main plate 56. The rear end of the lock carrier link 128 is provided with a downwardly projecting dogleg-like stub having a medially projecting pin on which is mounted a nylon bushing 132, as part of a lower lock. The forward, upper end of the lock carrier link 128 serves as part of an upper lock. A short connecting link 134 is provided having pivot joints 136, 138, respectively, provided at its upper, rear and lower, forward ends. The joint 136 connects the connecting link 134 to the knee of the dogleg stub at the rear end of the lock carrier link 128. The joint 138 connects the connecting link 134 to the rear end of the long longitudinal link 124.
The main longitudinal link 124 also is pivotally connected to the main carrier link 64 at a rear lower portion of the latter, by the forward leg of an upright, V-shaped connecting link 140 having a pivot joint 142 at the upper end of the forward leg connecting with the link 124 somewhat forwardly of the joint 138, and a pivot joint 144 at its lower, apex end connecting with the link 64.
Accordingly, as the handle 104 is turned for thrusting the legrest, the rotation of the torque tube 36 raises the forward end, and, thus, the rear end of the link 120, thus raising the front end of the link 124, causing it to pivot about the joint 126, thereby lowering the rear end of the link 124, thereby, via the link 134, depressing the dogleg stub of the link 128, causing the link 128 to pivot about the joint 130. This latter pivotal motion translates the pin-mounted bushing 132 into engagement with the rear face of the medially projecting stop flange 54 on the rear hanger link, thus locking the lower lock 132, 54 and, simultaneously, swinging the edge of the forward end portion 146 of the lock carrier link 128 upwards and rearwards into engagement with the front side of the nylon-sleeved lock pin 52, thus locking the upper lock 146, 52.
Some guided lost motion connection is provided among the lock operating linkage, the main plate 56 and the main carrier link 64 just to the rear of the location of the torque tube 36. In the preferred embodiment, this guided lost motion connection is shown including a generally vertical link 148 which has a pivot joint 150 at its upper end pivoted to the main plate 56. This link 148 has a longitudinally elongated slot 152 near its lower end which slidingly receives a pivot joint 154 for slidingly pivotally connecting the lower end of the link 148 to the main carrier link 64.
Intermediate its ends, the link 148 is provided with a third pivot joint 156 which extends through a longitudinal slot 158 provided in the lower end of a short link 160. The upper end of the short link 160 is provided with a pivot joint 162 connecting it to a downwardly, forwardly projecting dogleg stub 164 on the link 124.
When the chair is in its erect position of FIGS. 2-9, the pin of the pivot joint 156 is at the forward end of the slot 158 and the pin of the pivot joint 154 is at the upper end of the slot 152. As the legrest extends and the locks are set, the pin of the pivot joint 156 slides to the lower end of the slot 158 and pin of the pivot joint 154 becomes located at the lower end of the slot 152.
Then, as the chair is moved from its TV position of FIGS. 1 and 10-15, to its fully reclined position of FIGS. 16, caused by the user leaning back on the upper part of the chair back 18 while seated in the chair, the V-shaped links 140, at the rear, pivot forwardly and upwardly about the pivot joints 142 and 144, and the pins of the joints 156 move towards the upper ends of the slots 158, as the links 148 pivot about their upper end pivot joints 150.
The back-mounting parts of the side linkages are typical:
The back 18 is secured at the lower end of its side to the upper, more vertical leg 166 of an L-shaped link, the forwardly projecting, lower, more horizontal leg 168 of which has a pivot joint 170 pivotally connecting it to the upper end of an upwardly and rearwardly projecting spur on the main carrier link 64. An oblique connecting link 172 is provided having a lower pivot joint 174 at its lower, forward end connecting with the upper end of the rear leg of the V-shaped link 140, and an upper pivot joint 176 connecting with the apex of the L-shaped link, at the juncture of the legs 166, 168.
A protective flap 178, e.g., made of stiffly flexible black plastic is secured into the pivot joints 176, 170 on the outside of the side linkage, for preventing possible damage or injury.
As the user, seated in the chair when the chair is in the TV position, pushes their back against the upper part of the back of the chair, the chair back 18 reclines, cocking the L-shaped link 166, 168 backwards, causing the pivot joint 176 to push down and forwards, pushing the connecting link 172 forwards and upwards, pushing the main carrier link upwards and forwards, together with structures mounted on the main carrier link (including the seat and arm frame unit, which is mounted onto the mechanism 12, by being secured onto the out-turned mainly horizontal flange 180, 182 provided on forward and rear upper edge portions of the main carrier link 64).
Movement of the chair from its TV position to its fully reclined position and back to its TV position leaves the upper and lower locks set, as described above, but as the user turns the handle 104 and/or pulls back on the primary legrest with their heels, the legrest mounting mechanism retracts, causing the lock carrier link 128 to pivot about the pivot joints 130, disengaging the upper and lower locks, and, thus, re-establishing the capability of almost effortless gliding in the erect position of the chair.
It should now be apparent that the gliding reclining chair as described hereinabove, possesses each of the attributes set forth in the specification under the heading "Summary of the Invention" hereinbefore. Because it can be modified to some extent without departing from the principles thereof as they have been outlined and explained in this specification, the present invention should be understood as encompassing all such modifications as are within the spirit and scope of the following claims.
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Google Might Buy NBC, Dow Jones (Walmart, Amazon, Pepsi….)
How about this? Any time some major media company may be on the block, let's
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some made up financial analyst suggesting that Google is thinking of buying the
company too.
Maybe I've just had it. I mean, last week I
Google is interested buying NBC. Now
via John Battelle, I
read today that it
wants Dow Jones.
If you look at only headlines, it's easy to take these things too seriously.
Let's look at each story more closely, all of which come out of Bloomberg.
First there's NBC:
Nicholas Heymann of Prudential Equity Group Inc. in New York said a company
such as Google Inc. may be interested in buying NBC Universal as part of its
effort to add to its mix of media offerings including YouTube.
Next there's Dow Jones:
Washington Post Co., Gannett Co. and even Google Inc. may be interested,
said Michael Chren, managing director of Allegiant Asset Management Co. in
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
That's it? A single analyst speculating "may be interested" is enough to get
the Big G involved in a buy? And does anyone seriously think Google would want to end up owning the Dow Jones-controlled Wall St. Journal? That fits with the company how again?
Me, I'll wait until Michael over at
TechCrunch blogs on an acquisition rumor. These don't even seem worth
spending time on.
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So often when the subject of travel comes up, someone will invariably mention their 'bucket list.' They will talk about a city or continent, a monument or some kind of natural wonder or even an event they want to see before they die. Before, as the cliché goes, they kick the bucket.
I heard the phrase whispered several times last year as I stood on the deck of a small ship in Alaska, watching humpback whales swim so close I could hear them breathing. I heard it just a few weeks ago watching the Northern Lights undulate across the spring sky over Manitoba, standing in a night so dark and cold it was as if I'd floated out into space.
I never actually put my list down on paper, I'm not that organized, but it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Instead, I have carried a kind of mental itinerary in my head, images of places I want to see and things I want to experience. But that mental list, like the Northern Lights, is not constant. It shifts and changes, shining on one landscape and then another as I add and subtract. Every time I see a great photograph or read an exceptional travel story, I pencil in new locations. Sometimes the world changes and war, weather or political upheaval get in the way and a destination drops off.
Of course, the truth is there will never be enough time to see it all, and not just because I got a late start at the second half of my traveling life, staying home to raise a family and then working around that family to build a career. Even if I'd started on a round-the-world trip the day I was born, there still wouldn't be time enough to experience it all because the more I learn about the world around me, the more I want to see and do. But life is short so I try to treat every trip—large or small— like it will be my last. I remind myself stop and savor the moments instead of pushing to do more and see more. I have learned it's important to appreciate where you are and where you've been, before hurrying on to the next adventure.
Several years ago, as my daughter and I walked along the Great Wall in China, navigating the ancient, uneven steps, I suddenly remembered a photo of the wall in one of my school Geography books. At that time, China was still a closed and shuttered place. I'd studied the photo with interest but it never once occurred to me that I might one day stand at the place pictured in it, especially with a child of my own. But I did. And in that moment, watching my daughter focus her camera on one of the marvels of the world, I felt a swell of gratitude for the rambling path my life had taken to put us both there.
So, no real list for me. When my time is up I want more than a column of checkmarks to define my wanderlust. Instead, I want to be the woman who didn't always know where she was going but always took the time to appreciate where she was.
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It was not the first time I've taken a daughter to Paris. Two years ago my middle daughter and I spent a January week in the City of Light, but that's where the similarity ends. There is a world of difference in 17 and 21.
At 21, my middle daughter was living away at college and was getting close to graduation. She'd missed me and was ready for time together. Not so with my 17-year-old. She sees a lot of me. Maybe, if I'm reading the subtly of closed doors and rolling eyes correctly, a little too much of me.
This is her senior year. College comes in the fall. She is so close to independence, to getting out from under my wing and stepping out into her own life, that it's all she thinks about. She's been left here at home with us, without her brother and sisters who have grown up and have lives of their own. She wants what they have. She wants out.
Still, a trip to Paris is a trip to Paris. When I suggested we go just after Christmas, she signed on. For a while it looked like her sister, the one who'd gone with me before, might join us. But the real world—in the form of a real job—stepped in and it was back to one (disappointed) girl and her mother.
We landed in Paris, checked into the hotel, napped for a couple of hours and that was it. She never looked back. The minute we walked out the door of our hotel each morning, the race was on. We picked a direction, a museum or monument or quartier to visit, and she would set out, quickly leaving me to lope behind her like the family dog. Occasionally, she would realize she'd left me too far behind and would wait, her impatience only barely masked, until I could catch up. Then, after a block or two, she was off again.
She's tall and her long legs speed her along. I am short and was carrying the bag full of cameras, umbrellas, maps and everything else that marked us as tourists. She looked like a local. I looked like a porter at the train station.
I quickly quit trying to keep up and began to enjoy the sight of her moving across the cobblestones, toward the Eiffel Tower, down narrow lanes and along the Quai Saint-Bernard skirting the Seine. I have a series of photos snapped on my phone as I trotted along behind her, sometimes quite a distance behind her. My beautiful daughter melted into Paris and I was able to watch.
Chasing her, I remember wanting desperately to be on my own at that age, without the weight of parents and siblings to slow me down. I wanted to travel alone, unencumbered. If, at 17 I'd found myself in Paris with only my mother for company, I would have done my best to shake her like so much dust out of the rug.
She led me on a merry chase from one end of Paris to the other but I'll win in the end. She'll go to Paris again, on her own or in the company of friends. But it will be too late. I will have marked the place. She'll remember the little hotel I like so much, the one on a quiet street with a school and a market and rows of beautiful apartments.
She'll order in French and think about the way I simply couldn't pronounce Croque Monsieur without traces of my Southern accent coming through. She'll get tired and remember the way I insisted on stopping each afternoon for a cup of chocolat, demanding a moment to savor the strong flavor and rest my sore feet.
She'll return to Paris on her own terms but memories of our trip together will be folded into every crepe, waiting around every corner and strung like lights across the Pont Marie.
Cheryl-Anne Millsap is a travel writer based in Spokane, Washington. Her audio essays can be heard on Spokane Public Radio and on public radio stations across the country. She is the author of 'Home Planet: A Life in Four Seasons' and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
Most people dream of Paris in the springtime, when the city blooms and leaves unfurl like tiny pennants on tree-lined boulevards. Or, they look forward to a summer vacation in the high season, when the grass in the parks is lush and green, the warm breeze ruffles your hair as you cruise down the Seine and the sidewalk cafes are crowded with people-watchers and those who love to be watched.
But I long for Paris in January, when the weather is unpredictable and, on occasion, unfriendly.
In winter, Paris is imbued with a faded, elegant, melancholy romance. The sky is low and the air is heavy and darkness falls early. The river looks dense and cold and the top of the Eiffel Tower is occasionally shrouded in fog. Walking down narrow streets the aromas of the bakeries and tobacco shops and coffee houses linger and capture you as you walk past, drawing you in.
In January, Paris is a study in shades of gray and black and walking down the rain-slick cobblestones, it's easy to imagine you've stepped back in time, back into an iconic Henry Cartier-Bresson photograph. I marvel at the architecture, the beautiful Hausmann buildings, Art Nuveau Metro stations and arching bridges, all somehow more prominent without the foliage and crowds that will come in warmer weather.
I took my middle daughter to Paris just after the first of the year in 2011. We arrived early, just as the weak morning light was stealing across the city. I watched her face as she looked out the taxi window and caught her first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower.
We stayed at a small pre-war hotel in the 6th Arrondissement, a short walk from the Jardin du Luxembourg, and each day after breakfast we walked the streets of Paris. From the Latin Quarter to the Champs Elysse to the banks of the Seine we explored grand avenues and winding side streets. We stood in the hushed Cathedral of Notre Dame. We gazed at the paintings and sculpture at the Musee D'Orsay, buying postcards to bring home as souvenirs. We stopped at the sidewalk creperies and sipped espresso in tiny cafes watching the city go on about its business. And all the while a soft rain fell, washing the city in soft hues. We spent a companionable week that I will always remember.
This is not to say Paris in winter is without its flaws. The noise and congestion and the ubiquitous dog waste on the sidewalk are still there, just as they are any time of year. But for an incurable romantic, the dark and mysterious days of January are the perfect time to experience the city of light.
I loved it so much I returned this year with my youngest daughter. She's been to Paris before on a school trip, but it was hurried and only superficial. This time we explored the city on our own, the way I did with her sister, visiting the places she chose. And once again I got the chance to see one of the world's most beautiful cities through a daughter's eyes.
Cheryl-Anne Millsap is a travel writer based in Spokane, Washington. Her audio essays can be heard on Spokane Public Radio and on public radio stations across the country. (Portions of this essay were first published in Spokane Cd'A Woman Magazine.)
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The little boy stood beside the table that held the mini-iceberg, the chunk of ice that had once been a part of the North Sawyer Glacier before breaking away—calving— and falling with a splash into the Tracy Arm fjord off Alaska's famed Inside Passage. It had been harvested and brought aboard by the Disney Wonder crew and put on display on one of the upper decks so passengers could touch history in frozen form.
Like most of the others who circled the hunk of ice, the boy put out his hand and touched it, tracing with his finger the rough edges that were softening as it melted and dripped away. His eyes were wide and shining, but that touch wasn't enough for the pre-schooler. He let go of his mother's hand, stepped forward and wrapped both arms as far as he could around it, putting his cheek against the frozen surface, embracing it. Claiming it. For a moment anyway. Icebergs are cold, you know.
I hadn't known what to expect of the cruise beyond beautiful scenery and character breakfasts, but my daughter was the reason for the trip. She would celebrate her 17th birthday while we were sailing and I wanted to give her a memorable birthday that would be fun for all of us without reducing her to a bored minor on a cruise designed for adults. But most of all, I wanted her to see the water, the mountains, the wildlife and the glaciers of Alaska, and I wanted to be there when she saw it all. I'm keenly aware of how little time I have left with her before she goes off to school and takes the first tentative steps into her own life, and there is still so much of the world I want to share with her.
After leaving Seattle, the second day of the 7-night cruise we steamed leisurely up the majestic Tracy Arm fjord until, coming around the last bend, we pulled silently up to the ice-filled water at the foot of the blue glacier. People spilled out onto the observation decks, cradling cups of cocoa in their hands, and gazed out on the view. And the view was stunning. In spite of the wind and the chilly temperature, everyone was drawn to the spectacle and then seemed unable to look away.
The naturalist accompanying the cruise provided on-board narration about the size and history of the North Sawyer, including its rapid retreat, a condition shared by glaciers all over the world. He pointed out the harbor seals resting on the ice, the eagles on the Sitka Spruce and commented on the habits of bears and other wildlife.
We didn't just take a spin around the cove and move on. The big ship rested silently in that beautiful place and let us all drink in the sights and sounds. The PA system was turned off for long stretches of time to give us, and the natural world around us, sweet silence. Even the ship's crew, some of whom must have seen the sight many times, wandered out on deck to take it in. Then, a steel cage was lowered into the water and the iceberg fragment was brought aboard.
Several hours later we pulled away, back into the Passage and continued our journey. It was exactly what I had hoped for. I watched as my daughter scrolled through the photos she'd taken, pointing out the exceptional ones, and I was filled with gratitude to have been there with her.
If I'd been a little boy I might have thrown my arms around her for just a moment, happy to be so near to something so wonderful. But only for a moment. Teenagers are slippery, you know.
Cheryl-Anne Millsap is a freelance writer based in Spokane, Washington. In addition to her Spokesman-Review Home Planet and Treasure Hunting columns and blogs and her CAMera: Travel and Photo blog, her essays can be heard on Spokane Public Radio and on public radio stations across the country. She is the author of "Home Planet: A Life in Four Seasons" and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
I was sitting in an airport, somewhere, I don't even remember which airport it was, watching two women in the row of chairs across from me.
Like most travelers these days, they were surrounded by all the necessary carry-on items: purses, a takeout bag with sandwiches for later, magazines, inflatable pillows. One of the women was in her late fifties and the other was a good bit older. And they spoke to one another in a way that made it clear they were close. The younger one was deferential to the older, caring for her, making her comfortable, asking if she needed anything.
I finally realized that the pair were mother and daughter. The daughter had had, as they say, some work done. She'd actually had a lot of work done. Her nose had been shaped and planed, bobbed just a bit. Her face had been lifted, stretched, pulled back into shape in an attempt to erase the effects of gravity and years. Her eyebrows arched upward, giving her a surprised look even as she sat staring off into space, bored, waiting for the call to board the plane. The older woman looked exactly the way you would expect a woman of her age to look. Her face had settled into a pattern of lines and shadows that told the story of a lifetime. Her skin was creased and the corner of her eyes drooped. She was still attractive but there was nothing harsh or artificially youthful about her.
Sneaking glances at them from time to time, I couldn't help but wonder what the older woman thought when she looked at her child, at the dramatic changes in her appearance. I know when I look at my own children I see the way they've changed, the way they're still changing as they mature. But even as I look at them as they are now, I see the babies they were. I see the familiar tilt of a chin, the combination of features inherited from both of their parents and from relatives they never knew. I see the way each of my children, even as they are distinctly different, bear some indefinable resemblance to one another. And something deep within me reacts, softens and warms as I look at them, responding to the familiar faces of beloved babies even as I take in the faces of young adults.
I suspect the same is true for my children, that when they look at me they mark the way I am no longer the young woman I was in the photos that hang on the wall or in the scraps of childhood memories they carry, but I am still, even as I grow older, me.
The women boarded their plane. I got on mine. But they left me wondering about the grace of aging, and how sad it might be to lose a familiar face.
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• Last season: 4-8 (3-5)
• All-time record: 684-395-40
• SEC titles: 8
• Opener: Idaho on Aug. 30
• Thursday: Georgia
Florida cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III said going 4-8 is not acceptable at Florida. "I played well, but I obviously have to play better, and I have to bring the young guys along."Photo by Associated Press /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Bright spots were scarce during Florida's injury-riddled 2013 football season that yielded a 4-8 record, but cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III was brilliant.
The 5-foot-11, 194-pounder from Tampa had a sensational freshman year that included All-Southeastern Conference first-team honors by both the coaches and the media. He totaled 38 tackles and three interceptions, and his 11 pass breakups ranked fourth in the league.
"He's a guy who's got a burning desire to be really, really good," Gators coach Will Muschamp said last week at SEC media days. "He's constantly in the film room and has all the intangible things you want a player to have. God blessed him with a lot of ability.
"We would like the coaches to take a lot of credit for him, but at the end of the day he has some natural instincts that others of us don't have."
For Hargreaves, the No. 2 player nationally in Rivals.com's 2013 signing class behind Ole Miss defensive end Robert Nkemdiche, last season was an obvious mixed bag of personal success and team disappointment.
"Going 4-8 is not acceptable at Florida," Hargreaves said. "It's not a secret. Everybody knows it. I don't think anybody would have expected that, but it happened and we have to learn from it and move on.
"I played well, but I obviously have to play better, and I have to bring the young guys along."
Florida had an 11-win season in 2012, when the Gators knocked off Texas A&M, South Carolina, LSU and Florida State before faltering in the Sugar Bowl against Louisville. Last year's team started 4-1, losing only at Miami when Florida dominated statistically but was undone by turnovers.
Yet the 17 season-ending injuries suffered by scholarship players already had begun to take their toll. Receiver Andre Debose, tackle Chaz Green and defensive end Ronald Powell were lost before the season, and quarterback Jeff Driskel, tailback Matt Jones and defensive tackle Dominique Easley went down before the midway mark.
Florida lost its final seven games, including a 26-20 shocker in the Swamp to Georgia Southern, to finish with its first losing record since 1979.
"When we were 4-1, we were thinking we were going to have a year like the year before when they went 11-2," Hargreaves said. "It didn't really go as planned, and you've got to live with it."
The Gators return seven starters on offense, including Driskel, and have seven back on defense as well. The offense is now under the guidance of coordinator Kurt Roper, who had success at Duke under David Cutcliffe, and is no longer of the chew-up-the-clock-with-a-power-running-game variety.
Florida did not surpass 20 points in any of its last seven games a year ago.
"It's kind of the polar opposite of what we're used to," Driskel said. "We were kind of putting our focus on time of possession, which really worked in 2012 when we limited turnovers, but I think the game is just moving toward having to score points and trying to get as many plays as possible. That's Coach Roper's mindset."
The Gators look to rebound with Muschamp knowingly on the hot seat and with a difficult schedule. Their two cross-divisional SEC games are against Alabama and LSU, and they have to end November in Tallahassee against defending national champion Florida State.
Should the Gators stay healthy and thrive under Roper, they could assemble a record much closer to 2012 than 2013 with a defense that has been stout for the last several seasons. Dante Fowler, Jonathan Bullard, Darious Cummings and Leon Orr return up front after starting last season, while Hargreaves is the unquestioned leader of the secondary as a rather seasoned sophomore.
"The toughest receiver I had to cover last year was Odell Beckham at LSU," Hargreaves said. "He's a great player obviously, getting picked in the first round [of the NFL draft], and I was nervous covering him. He told me to keep my head up, keep working and that I'll get there.
"I love how Richard Sherman plays, and I love how he talks about himself. I love everything about him, really. You have to be confident playing corner."
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Date: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014
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Event: Fezziwig's Steampunk Christmas Carol!
Date: Saturday, December 13rd, 2014
Time: 6:00 – 11:00 pm
Location: The Outing Lodge – 11661 Myeron Rd N, Stillwater, Minnesota 55082
"Every movable was packed off, as if it were dismissed from public life for evermore; the floor was swept and watered, the lamps were trimmed, fuel was heaped upon the fire; and the warehouse was as snug, and warm, and dry, and bright a ball-room, as you would desire to see upon a winter's night… There were more dances, and there were forfeits, and more dances, and there was cake, and there was toddy, and there was a great piece of Cold Roast, and there was a great piece of Cold Boiled, and there were mince-pies, and plenty of beer… When the clock struck eleven, this domestic ball broke up. Mr and Mrs Fezziwig took their stations, one on either side of the door, and shaking hands with every person individually as he or she went out, wished him or her a Merry Christmas."
-Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol."
Hosts: Mr. Fezziwig requests your presence at his annual Holiday Party!
Attire: Your best Victorian, Steampunk, Lolita, Gothic, Air Pirate, etc. clothing is admired but not required.
Food and Drink: Hors d'ouevres, dessert and punch will be provided on the main level. There will be a cash bar and a special Fezziwig's Concoction made just for the occasion. Other drinks will be available for purchase. Note: There is no ATM on site, so please plan accordingly.
Activity: Dancing will commence on the main level at 7pm with music from our Time Traveling DJ. In the library, there will be various Victorian parlour games to play, as well as a table set up for Steampunk style poker. A Victorian Spiritualist will be available to tell your fortune. In the basement pub/lounge there is quiet space in which to relax and Mr. Fezziwig's personal photographer Mr. Jim Jordan will be offering all ticket holders one free portrait (fee information for additional portraits will be provided). Mr. Fezziwig will be judging the Costume Contest at the end of the evening and the winner will receive a free ticket to the next event.
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Welcome to our third annual Great Cookie Countdown.
Between now and Dec. 24, we will publish 24 holiday cookie recipes.
Let's kick things off with S'Mores Cookies. This well-known campfire flavour combination is named for the notion that everyone wants "some more."
It's adapted from a recipe in Everyday Food. The magazine called for bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, but use whatever you like. I like Green & Black's organic bars because they're already portioned into tiny squares.
S'Mores Cookies
1/2 cup (125 mL) old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup (250 mL) each: all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour
3/4 tsp (4 mL) ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp (2 mL) each: baking soda, salt
1 cup (250 mL) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup (185 mL) brown sugar
1 large egg
8 oz (225 g) chocolate, cut into 40 small squares (about 1/2 inch/1 cm)
20 large marshmallows, halved horizontally
In food processor, pulse oats until finely ground. Add 2 flours, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Pulse to combine.
In large bowl, using electric mixer on low then medium, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg, scraping down sides of bowl with spatula. With mixer on low, beat in flour mixture, in 2 additions, just until combined.
Drop dough by tablespoons, 1-inch (2.5-cm) apart on 2 baking sheets. Bake, in batches if necessary, in preheated 350F (180C) oven until just lightly golden, 11 to 13 minutes. Remove sheets from oven. Preheat broiler on high. Top each cookie with 1 square chocolate and 1/2 marshmallow. One sheet at a time, broil until marshmallows are lightly browned, 30 to 60 seconds. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool.
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Asda hopes to achieve cut through in its latest salvo in the supermarket price war with an ad featuring a garden gnome wearing a green mankini.
In the ad, 'Gavin the Gnome' in his green mankini and flip-flops represents Asda. The other three big supermarkets are represented by more traditional gnomes.
'Great British Bake Off' host Mel Geidroych provides the voiceover, which claims the three competing supermarkets are all similar, whereas Asda is unlike the rest and wins on price.
Steve Smith, Asda's chief customer officer, said: "We thought we'd hit a high with a disco dancing chick for Easter but we've loved bringing Gavin into the Asda family.
"He's cool as a cucumber and we think he's going to do a great job of communicating a serious message – that Asda will beat not match prices - in a really unique and fun way."
The ad was first aired during ITV's Jeremy Kyle show and will also be aired during prime time slots including 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2'.
Supporitng social media activity will feature an #AsdaGnome hashtag.
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Ricardo Rodriguez, who has been training a lot lately to become an in ring performer for WWE, has revealed that he will be working the TLC pay per view tonight. However, he will simply be working with the Spanish announce team.
Ricardo Rodriguez, who has not been utilized much on television since the departure of Rob Van Dam, has been training on his in ring skills. The California native wants to wrestle for WWE in the near future.
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