How to properly throw bottles and cans out the window. By now, most of my neighbors have seen me more than once, walking along the road with one or more plastic bags in hand. I started this little hobby to help an unemployed friend who was…
A Series of Unfortunate Events. That’s the best way to described how things have been lately. It apparently isn’t enough to have a lockdown, be isolated, not be able to dance or do any of the things I would normally do to socialize. There just had…
About 20 years ago, I bought a painting at a garage sale. It was a print of the painting The Herring Net by Winslow Homer. It reminded me the bible verse, ““Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” Matt 4:19. I hung…
Ride Report 7/25/20 I have this cute little app on my iPhone called Health. It comes as a default app and it dutifully records steps, distance walked and flights of stairs climbed. I use this little app because a) it is free and b) I try…
Ride Report 7/19/20 Finally, A Group Ride Boy That Was Fun! Where’d They Go? The Final Stats Foiled Again Finally, a group ride. That’s what I was thinking as there were three people when I got to the meeting place and about seven more rode in.…
Today was one of those days. I woke up at 7:30 am and felt like I had been run over by a truck. My brain was so foggy I couldn’t see three feet in front of me. I suppose not getting enough sleep the two prior…
My Independence Day Ride, Where Were You Guys? Those are just a couple of the possible titles I could have given for this article. It seemed like a nice enough day so I thought I would do something I rarely do these past few years, go…
It’s funny the things we turn to and find fun when we have a lot of time on our hands. The recent lock down has shown me a thing or two about how deeply rooted some things are within me. These are things old, familiar and…
Business is and never was for the faint of heart. Most small businesses don’t make it. 20% fail in the first year, 30% in the second year and 50% by the fifth year, and 70% have failed by their tenth year. With all that bad news…
After many months of not getting on my bike (that is unless you count Zwift) I finally got up the ambition, checked over my road bike, got suited up and headed out on the road. My first stop was Clift Park at the end of Skaneateles…