Six Degrees, The Etsy Store
I’ve written about my/our Etsy Store, Six Degrees a couple of times lately. It’s relevant to this site in general because the site and our shop were both in existence long before there was...
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The Work Week
I’ve been writing this piece (along with the budget post) for a while, editing and changing as I tweak the plan. I was prepared, but still surprised at the level of overtime when I...
Tuesday Trippin’ November 2
Did you know that there’s a natural lull in the average conversation at twenty minutes? I think it’s related to the average attention span being about that. I had a little bit of a...
My Experience Buying and Using the Giro Vanquish Helmet
The helmet I’ve had my eye on for a while is a Giro Vanquish. Skip down to the features if what you’re interested in is how those features are working for me. And here...
Tuesday Trippin’ September 7
It’s been an up and down week. Georgia schools started in mid August, so we’ve had plenty of time for the fall sniffles and crud to mix and redistribute (along with Covid). We have...
Tuesday Trippin’ July 12
It’s not just hot, it’s been hot long enough that people are tired of it, especially here in the south. and in some places we are breaking previous heat records for highest (“reliably measured”)...
Mom! Why is My Skin Red?
Mom wasn’t an anti-vaxxer, she was distracted. I received my smallpox vaccine at school in Texas. I remember lining up in a huge lunchroom, but after that we moved back to the small rural...
Tuesday Trippin’ June 15
It’s been a musical bikes week. The Hybrid just needed adjustments. The stem had been tightened down so much that it interfered with the bearings. That was a relief. We found a chain for...
Tuesday Trippin’ June 8
I bought mascara for our family trip last week. I don’t know how long it’s been since I used any and it was the 4th day, the actual day of the graduation celebration before...
Cycling Jerseys
For all of my lack of attention to the finer points that cycling gear aficionados care about, I’m a little picky about jerseys (and tights) though, not really in the usual way. In general,...