How Much Could a Bike Ride Cost Anyway?
I’ve spent over a thousand dollars on major bike repairs and gear recently. It sounds like a lot, but some of it was way overdue. I hope I’m good on that for 6 months...
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Training Tuesday
As I train to be able to make a full century ride twice a week beginning on, or near, the first of the year, here is where I’ll update my progress every week on...
How to be Karen Without Being A Karen?
That is the question. It’s a challenge for those of us who are called by a name than has become name calling. What it means to be a Karen, a Bad Karen, has morphed...
Training Schedule
Since we made the commitment to get back ot on the trail, riding the Greenway, or a small segment of the Silver Comet for the primary goal has become, once again, a piece of...
Ooh, Ooh, That Smell: Safety Planning for the Long Haul
What’s “safe”, or relatively safe, makes a pretty big difference to me and my partner, Russ, as we look at how best to be healthy while planning and completing the remaining 2ish years of...
Karen Goes, Cycling
I’m not an athlete, but riding a bike has been a part of my life since my sister promised she wouldn’t let go, then I rounded the cul de sac and saw her down...
Monetizing a Hobby
Last week my partner in everything, Russ, was talking about a tweet he had seen on monetizing hobbies. He said that it was sad so many people felt compelled to monetize their hobbies. I...
Karen Goes and Goes
After changing careers a while back, I was thinking “What next?”. My sysadmin (also my son) recommended Karen Goes as a url that would easily be relevant to whatever I might do next, then...
Greetings Earthling!
Another year comes to a close in these United States, and if you’re like me, it’s been a real hum dinger. Now, as many move to the annual year end discussion/conflict on holiday greetings,...
Spartan Existence
It has been a longtime dream of mine to own an Airstream, but new ones are expensive and old ones are scary. How would I know if I was getting a bargain or a...