(This essay was originally written for a friend challenged with new relationships after being widowed. However, it can be applied to anyone who has experienced loss of any kind and is looking to –or not–restart their life. Please read on.) It’s right there. Beating softly just there in her chest. That heart that has been […]
Imagine if you will… There I go with that “Twilight Zone” schtick again. Perhaps this time it is appropriate. Lt’s try that again: Imagine if you will a mash up of a street fair, food trucks, music, a bike rally and all of it covered in a shower of bubbles. And with that you have
Having one person with an unusual name is one thing. Having three with the same beyond-the-norm name is different. I prefer to say special. As all three Taffy (Taffies) in my life were and are just that—special. From grade school and up to and including my retirement years, this name has surfaced and meant something.
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It’s all in how you view your cycling preferences. There isn’t just one way to ride a bike or enjoy cycling. Sure, there are common threads of the sport, but being on a road bike on a drop ride, clipped in a speed, isn’t the only way to partake in the joy of cycling. After
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It started as almost a whim back in 1998. My then-14-year-old youngest son, Drew, said the two seaters on a rally in Arizona: “That looks like fun, Dad,” he said. So when I returned home, I found my first adult tandem in the basement of my LBS. The 1994 Trek T-50 hybrid, steel-framed beast was
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Recently I added an E-Bike to my inventory of bicycles. Now up to 6 (remember, N+1 really does work). So I got to thinking about the “E” in E-Bike: Electric. Easy. Energizing. Entertaining. Emasculating. Wait…what? That last one probably came from my cycling friends that think that e-bikes are either motorbikes in disguise or not
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At one time riding my bike consumed my days. Relationships were built around riding. I rode hundreds of miles a week and thousands every year. My social life revolved around my collection of bikes. Then things started unraveling. COVID ended. The relationship ended. The bike group shunned me. I fell during a rally and broke
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Imagine if you will a self-contained world of a rolling adventurous graphic communicator… Wait, I was all set to cue the Twilight Zone music, but even this story is a bit beyond that realm. At the center of my PNW cycling adventure is Jody. My bike packing expert and the chief resident of the Pink
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Time away can work wonders on the mind, body and spirit. This past month has allowed me to detox and recover. And recenter. And look forward. I had the chance to get away with and meet some great people. Along the way I racked up these stats: 4900 miles of driving 100 biking miles 14
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Pueblo to Dallas. Up and going early. Mostly a day of driving and getting home. The playlist for this on-the-road day included: Big head Todd and the Monsters Stephen Kellogg The Smithereens Jupiter Coyote Counting Crows Warren Zevon Blues Traveler The Replacements Shawn Mullins Alexa can come up with some interesting music mixes. Got me
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