A short time ago my Zonie writer friend pointed out that travel takes two forms: You can travel wide (as in far and wide) or you can travel deep. The example she gave was comparing visiting a small town library in your state versus touring a well-known museum in Europe. Both have merit, just that […]
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The second in our connect-the-dots of the Dallas Loop Trail series. We started at the Ridgewood end of the trail and headed into the city. Across the UCT (University Crossing Trail) to Glencoe Park near SMU and on to the Katy Trail. It really bridges the gap between the suburban and the urban–going from the
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After a fun and change-filled year in 2023, I am again looking forward to an interesting and, hopefully, fun 2024. Unlike last year, I am inclined to do fewer cycling adventures. Partly due to my PTSD-like approach to the two wheelers after multiple falls, the real reason is wanting to remake my life that had
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Our first discovery ride of The Loop Dallas. K2 (Kristi Kerr) found me at a holiday party. She knows me to be a cyclist and she wanted to explore the all of The Loop Dallas. In sections, mind you. On e-bikes. With stops. Here’s the first segment we navigated: The Trinity Forest and AT&T Trails.
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I had to do something. So on went the Hoka hikers. I picked up Sal’s leash and we were off. That was at the end of March. By June I was better but my approach to cycling had changed. No longer was I hell-bent to ride 50 miles on a road bike at 20 mph
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Sally. See Sally. See Sally fly. Fly, Sally, fly. Some dogs walk. Most run and crawl. They know sit, stay, down, leave it and be quiet. But did you know some dogs can fly? Sally loves to discover things and meet people. So when she had the chance to go to California to meet Drew,
There it hangs. Waiting for me. At my son’s house. A road bike. “Why,” you ask? Well, first of all, he’s a mountain bike guy living in a place where there are hundreds of miles of paved trails and roads just tailor made for this narrow tired bike. But he’s an off-road guy. So the
Most weeks our Saturday is comprised of a set of activities connecting us to our very local community. This week, we took a turn into a new community and ended up sitting at a new table. A short drive in East Dallas took us to Ethiopia. Really. First, though, we made our walk to the
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As I look back on this sabbatical I find I’ve been through a whole range of emotions and done quite a bit of sorting. And a few facts: Drove over 3,000 miles Walked nearly 100 miles in the 40-some days Visited just about every bike shop, independent coffee shop and brewery in the metro area
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As a networker and random conversationalist, I have a tendency to observe people in hopes of engaging them in conversation. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Enter Rita. Or “Random Rita” as I’ve started to refer to her. She was the woman at Starbucks one morning. The barista called out her name, Rita, when her
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