Tag Archives: Writing

The Knead to Rest the Knee No, I didn’t take a complete day off for the sake of the knee. I substantially reduced my biking to errands — biking back home after returning a rental car (3.28 miles), riding home … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Consciousness is a miracle, truly, and remains the deepest of mysteries, yes, but it is also so very simple that it can fit into a sentence: I open my eyes and a world appears. … Continue reading →

A Credit Card Tour? I must admit that spending time off the bike is feeling very good to me. I achieved the main objective when I set out from Key West last year — to complete a cross country bike … Continue reading →

Knot the Knee (again!) I had a welcoming committee outside my door this morning (above) at the Stone Arches Bed and Breakfast this morning. And the breakfast Paul cooks up is memorable. When the eggs are “still warm out of … Continue reading →

Day 26:Start: Simsbury, CT.Finish: Mansfield, CT.Miles: 45.2 Tomorrow I stitch the last open gap on this East Coast Trail / Atlantic Coast Route tour. But it won’t be in Putnam, CT, but at Woodstock, CT — the northernmost point where … Continue reading →

Look, Sunshine! I’m familiar with this area of New Haven from last year’s “15th annual Ride the State: From the Boathouse to the Statehouse” — a 67-mile fully supported bike ride in support of the East Coast Greenway(ECG), and specifically … Continue reading →

Ain’t No Sunshine… Frankly nothing makes me feel less than going out on a bike than 3 days of 50 degree wind driven rain — it’s hard to leave the comfort and warmth of the indoors, but: NO RAIN, NO … Continue reading →

Please Stop the Rain, Please I rolled out at 5:55am. I watched the forecast last night mention a four hour window of lighter rain early in the morning, and I intended to make use of the opportunity. The rain was … Continue reading →