Kangatopia

Well. I did it. I got back on. Last night I rode my usual route at the lake and didn’t die. Or spill. Or get hurt in any way. Though a grasshopper or wasp or some other sort of flying insect ran a kamikaze mission right at my ear, and [...]

My first outing on the bike today lasted about a mile. The scabbing on my knee is making it very tight, and I grew more and more uncomfortable with each pedal stroke. I also crossed over some dodgy gravel and that brought to mind images of blood and horrible pain. Since I [...]

I’m standing in the kitchen snacking on (ie, scarfing down) low fat cheese nips. I’d just given my daughters a bran muffin each and a small cup of root beer with a lot of ice. Winston, who is pants -less (because when you are at home on a Sunday afternoon how else would [...]

It’s been an interesting weekend of sibling rivalry. The older two bickering constantly; the youngest one a shining example of consumate cuteness and disarming diplomacy.
I took the bike to the lbs (local bike shop) and brought it home again. There was no death toll rung for the Trek 1500. In [...]

I’m feeling anxious. For the most part I love riding in bike rallies. I love how hundreds, sometimes thousands, of cyclists converge on some small, sometimes big, town and clog up all the roads. I bet the locals hate it, but there’s safety in numbers and these rides afford an opportunity to [...]

I think the muscles around my knee are frozen in the position they were in as I slept with my leg propped up on a pillow the night after the accident. I can bend my knee a little, but I cannot straighten it. This is really pissing me off.
I walk in a combination [...]

As you might have guessed, the weekend was already in trouble. In a decision to try and restore some missing normalcy, I stashed my bike in a truck and drove to the lake. I planned to ride around the lake for as long as I could in the dwindling evening light. At [...]

Today, I went out for an evening bike ride and had a really nasty crash. I slid along the pavement and did horrible things to the left side of my body. Tomorrow I might post pictures (some gory ones were taken) and more details, but right now I need to go rest my [...]

Getting more privacy is a healthy way to gain a deeper understanding of your life.
You feel like you’re ready to move on, but the stars say there’s a final task (or two) that you need to take care of before you get to the next phase of your life. Sit with it, and the [...]

Tonight is going to be a long night. By the time it ends, I will either be ready to make some (more) significant changes in my life or I will not. It’s just all up in the air like that. As long dark tea times of the soul go, this one must [...]