Tag Archives: Florida

too long day

It didn’t have to be but it was: a too long day. It’s not breaking any records but the tough conditions, discomfort, and mileage took it out of me—and as the day wore on I slowed considerably each passing hour.  … Continue reading

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one fell swoop

On Command Early start out of my West Palm Beach Air BnB, hit with the first wave of Florida humidity, and wind(!) and a growling stomach on a mere RX bar. But there’s always room for a Claes Oldenburg—Typewriter Eraser, … Continue reading

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grippy tape lacerated

Wind Blown Oh those blasted north winds! Well, mostly out of the north but constantly shifting often out of the East Northeast too, but never at my back—nary a tailwind.  I knew it would be memorable when first this morning, … Continue reading

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a long shadow

Dayglo Vision The day started a bit drab. Oh there was pedaling to be sure, but first resupply and post office chores … … and cortadito & croqueta imbibements at Latin American, and then onto the home field turf, of … Continue reading

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good-bye keys

Shakedown in Rearview That’s the turn on my Wahoo bike gps that lead me out of the Florida Keys. A cool 66 degree morning that looked something like this from the top of the Lake Surprise bridge: A morning of … Continue reading

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so this was…

… interesting… … to say the least. There were so many buses parked across the street yesterday, and I was so bone tired, that I failed to notice the GULF OF MEXICO right across the street from the hotel (which … Continue reading

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peripatetic writing fool

Hello! This is your peripatetic writing fool host brining you dispatches from the East Coast Greenway Trail (hopefully! providing all goes well … and sing to the crows it does) over the next 60-75 days (very roughly). Huh? What’s that … Continue reading

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in this (my) neighborhood pt. 83

What I’m Reading: ‘Another cargo of eager victims—one almost expects to see Breughel and Hieronymus Bosch cruising the freeways in their rental-company cars.’ — J.G. Ballard / Crash

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martyrs and brandy

sloop on a loop kneading each otherthis short flicker filma protest sloop on a loopat a tax and stay caravanaffixed to martyrs and brandythe birthday violationthe fighter as a circlewho gained footage of world expansionthe spiritualist from these broadcasts occasionally … Continue reading

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but take it

a cemetery assortment  a wedding for a cemetery assortmentof chests hired to capture crab apples worldwideapples with no stunt-phrase or apple handlersthe cast—including a fifty-five-year-old forest of dreck during the eight sublime shares spliced by ages with runways in jumbles … Continue reading

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