There are moments in life that you will always remember — meeting the love of your life, the birth of a child, the death of a friend. Some make you smile, some don’t. Our good friends moved away over the summer. It was hard to see them go, but they are only 90 miles away [...]
Another year is done and gone and a new one is upon us. 2010 was marked by my biking, for the first time I got serious about riding on a regular basis. I rode strong and hard for several months, but then started to slow down after I was finished with my MS ride in [...]
The hacking started sometime around the 22nd of November. Coughs and phlegm punctuate our conversations. One of the three of us has been sick for the entire month of December. The days are short, the weather is cold, and I’ve not been on my bike since November 7th. This is becoming a drag. That ride [...]
A little over two years ago I could barely ride 12 miles without taking lots of breaks and feeling like crap after the ride. I pretty much sucked. There, I said it. My inability had a lot to do with the fact that I was completely out of shape, ate like crap, and drank more [...]
innocently wild my two-year old son runs exuberantly, naked in the upstairs hallway between three rooms blond hair streaking around corners, small heels hammering out a ragged beat on the old wooden floor — he exudes an innocent wild childhood freedom that will be lost as he ages