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Tag Archives: cycling
Riding The Elk River Rail Trail
When I first see the trail, I don’t know which direction to start in. I’m in Duck, West Virginia, at the northernmost point on the expanding Elk River Rail Trail. I’m parked in a cinder lot, obviously made for trail … Continue reading
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Voives 24
I coast down the long, gentle slope, happy for the respite from hard pedaling. There’s not a car anywhere in sight and as I lean into the turn and cross the tiny bridge over the trickle of a creek branch … Continue reading
Hot Fun in The Summertime
When I began this blog I had in mind to write regularly about home repair and primal diet and exercise. If you’ve followed me here at all, you know it has not worked out that way; that, far and … Continue reading
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morning ride
We left the pavement and turned onto the gravel road that rose through the tall weeds. By the yard the hills to our right and left closed in around us and grew steeper and our way more narrow. “This … Continue reading
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Afternoon Poem, March 21, 2017
. Go to the old roads, the narrow pavements That run beside the creeks Top the ridges of the hills and drop and glide as The world opens into great bowls of green Of meadow and forest. Where some … Continue reading
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Grace
. I ride my bike almost every day. Fortune favors me with good health, a nice bicycle, a fine riding partner and a couple of interesting rural routes to ride. Today as I was rounding a rather sharp turn, … Continue reading
Afternoon Poem, January 4, 2017
Winter Cycling Against the wind, all is labor We bend and hunker and feel the raw cold Our ears fill with the noise of the punishing force How aware we are then of what we fight against How unfair it … Continue reading
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Historical Romance, Part IV
Here is installment number four in my ongoing historical romance. I have changed Martin’s first name from William to Isaac. Sounds more patriarchal, don’t you think? When the dessert dishes were taken away, the Count approached … Continue reading
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Shelton College Review
The Shelton College Review met again last evening. This time in earnest. We actually did review a piece of writing that has potential and promise. By the end of our session not only had the piece been corrected in … Continue reading
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