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Greetings From Down Under
“Family is found...whether it be blood or circumstance or choice, what binds us does not matter. All that matters is that we are bound.” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid 33.9535° S, 115.0630° E Indian Ocean Margaret River WA 8:00 am tomorrow, 77 degrees Light winds Blue sky...
Snow in June. Really.
I've been meaning to check in after the bike race. I'm fine! We actually had the best ride ever on stages 7 & 8 from the border into town, racing a Canadian friend and pedaling into the wind at an average of 20 mph. The road was dry and it was windy, gray, and cool.So...
Time to get Tough and have Fun
The bike race is tomorrow and it is snowing at the summit and expected to snow again overnight with flurries during the day. It will be cold and nasty up there with a strong head wind -- But, as Chip said, "Heath, you are one the toughest riders around, and probably...
Windy Walk Post Card
The wind has just not quit for several days. It's making us slightly crazy-- try biking into a southerly at 25 knots. (I hope it blows itself out by Saturday's 25th annual Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay.) In the meantime, walking Pearl is a noisy,...
Have Courage (Sunday’s Thought)
“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. ”- C.S. Lewis Of course you can't find courage if nothing bad ever happens to you, in other words if you never need it, or if you...
Tattoo Time
I came home to find a note on the counter from my friend Becky, "I thought it would be fun if you and I got matching tattoos!" (Although she used one t in the middle not two- it's not everyday either of us spells tattoo.) It said we should choose different colors is...
Quiet Week?
I miss the old Prairie Home Companion. "It's been a quiet week in my hometown," is such a great introduction. So loaded with irony, especially as Keillor unfolds the drama that the past seven days brought to at least a few members of his fictional community. I'm...