Category: General Interest
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Thoughts on Two Wheels: September 21, 2013
The remnants of rain clouds still populate the sky while rays of sunshine cascade through the trees and dry the asphalt. It’s late afternoon on this last day of summer and time is of the essence: I’ve only an hour or so to squeeze a ride in before twilight renders the exercise moot. The route…
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Thoughts on Two Wheels: September 9, 2013
Melancholy has been stalking my days. Her lugubrious melodies have risen above the background threshold of noise and are inviting me to become enmeshed and enveloped in their intoxicating spell. A veritable chorus of inner critics are raising their voices in unison, clamoring for attention and begging me to invite melancholy to stay for a…
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Thoughts on Two Wheels: August 14, 2013
It’s another unseasonably cool day in northeast Ohio. Heavy, dark clouds seem to threaten precipitation and a stiff wind greets my first pedal strokes as I venture forth on my two-wheeled, bliss-generating machine. After a quick stop at the local post office, I’m back on the road with only the vaguest idea of a route…
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Thoughts on Two Wheels: July 28, 2013
Although the calendar tells me it’s the end of July, the weather outside my door seems to suggest I’ve bypassed a couple of months and have found myself setting off for a ride in late September. I’m wearing a long-sleeve shirt underneath my bike jersey to make the chill in the air more palatable. There…
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Thoughts on Two Wheels: July 8, 2013
I should just turn at the next intersection and get off this road. A pain of mysterious origins in the lower back has kept me off the bike for a couple of days and, now, in my eagerness to get back in the saddle and get a ride in before thunderstorms arrive to dampen my…
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Treasure
It’s a somewhat nondescript box sitting on a shelf stuffed with similar boxes. A hand-lettered placard on the front of the box reads “Old Letters: 25¢ Each or As Marked.” This claustrophobic antiques shop is overflowing with objects of questionable value, but I believe I’ve just discovered treasure. The cursive script on the folded stationery…
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By Way of Introduction: What’s In A Name?
The idea of launching a weblog has been swirling around my thoughts for the better part of two years. As my interests are rather broad, and lacking the desire or discipline to confine my musings to a single topic area, I have struggled with identifying a unifying theme; a general rubric under which I could…