Fall Magic
I purchased Asclepias tuberosa, aka butterfly weed or milkweed (not butterfly bush) from a local native plant nursery about 4 years ago. I planted the small starter in the sun down by our sidewalk....
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Seriously, Meat Tenderizer
It was Mom wisdom (my mother’s) that lead me to meat tenderizer, not for cooking though. I don’t care for it in cooking. I use it for insect bites. Some doctors will laugh at...
Tuesday Trippin’ January 2024
January was “more of the same” as December, but also some different. We’ve had temperatures colder than my tolerance, some with rain in 3, 5 & 10 day runs causing the dread interruptions that...
Tuesday Trippin’ February 7
Training We’ve had some good rides, getting better too. Today I was actually warm enough to want to take off a layer. I think we’ll be riding at the same level soon, but it...
Tuesday Trippin’ January 17
The hits keep coming. The car died. I’ll get to find out sometime tomorrow if it is worse than a dead battery, and Ill get a second opinion on that 5K of work that...
Tuesday Trippin’ October 4
The Riding When I wrote the draft for this post, I started it talking about how It feels really good to be back riding on a regular schedule and I’m really grateful for the...
We’re Doing a Safety Video
Normally, when I get up for the Sunday “twenty miles and home before anyone else gets up” ride, the crowd hazards are pretty light (now that the Pandemic overflow appears to be waning). Then,...
Tuesday Trippin’ May 10
Training wise, last week was significantly better than expected. Weather lined up for me to ride immediately before and after, and the break was only 3 days. In April the break was 4 days...
Tuesday Trippin’ March 22
Well, the website is down and my sysadmin is in the hospital with his wife and new baby. There are no reported problems at WordPress. I don’t know when he’ll get to finding out...