It makes a HUGE difference for me…Wednesday, August 5, 2020Hello My Friend,When have you been with a groupThat radiates warm community?Pretty nice to bump elbows,Even in a Zoom setting,When one feels welcomed.I had that this week In several ways.Social-distanced connection With a couple of family members.Zoomed meeting with group of women.Masked visit with friend,From two […]
Continue readingLife begins to “open up” again, yet for us, as seniors, taking precautions, much is still the same. One of the small pleasures of this time has been “take-out!”
Continue reading[…] this past week’s horrifying events have weighed on my heart.
It’s because they are undoubtedly weighing on your own, that I share the following limerick.
I’ve withdrawn from East Coast bike trip, planned for this Fall. Oh, So Hard! Riding that side of U.S.has been on my dream list for a long time.
Continue readingThere are those WONDERFUL days and there are those… challenging ones. Sound familiar?
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My best winter therapy of all: a GramaLin Sandwich! (me, sandwiched between beloved granddaughters!)
I choose to only bike seasonally—
Still, off-cycling season is hard.
What’s this time of year like for you?
These past 12 days showed me how
What’s foremost in our hearts
Can shift in a moment.
Rain as we crawled out of bed,
Continued most of day.
High wind from south.
Road shoulders taken over with “rumble bars.”
Another ride day on Root River Trail,
Pedaled thirty-one miles together.
Longest this year!
I had Grumpy hours this morning.
How can that be …
Grumpy-In-Paradise????
Looking toward season aheadMonday, October 22, 2018Hello My Friends, Our proposed three-day bike trip—Not happening.Surprise trip that I was going to tell you,Didn’t pan out. Weather forecast of high windOn open roads,Derailed plan. Our Cannon Trail ride,Protected from wind, wearing multiple layers,Was sole biking for two of us now. Weather is moving beyond comfortable riding.Actually,Pretty much “fair-weather riding”Is my […]
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