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When a Plan Comes Together

Man, I loved the A-Team when I was a kid. It was a cool show. But one of the quotes I remember aside from, “I pity the fool,” is “I love it when a plan comes together.

There have been a few things lately that have made my Canada bike trip seem a little more real and like it is going to be Ok and come together in the end.Read More »When a Plan Comes Together

Enough is Enough

 

Photo by: MICHAEL REYNOLDS, MSNBC

School lets out at 3:00. At 3:10 an announcement went out over the loudspeaker that we were on Lock Down. Lock Down is the most severe response to an imminent threat occurring near campus, or something going on on campus.

 

Since it happened after school, I knew it was something real, but I thought maybe some students decided to fight.Read More »Enough is Enough

Imperfect

One of Old Blue’s last rides before finishing the new bike.

The Buddhists say you should let go of your expectations. That it’s Ok to have them, but not to cling to them. I got an excellent lesson in that today.Read More »Imperfect

Progress

I’ve been thinking forward to June. On June 4, we’ll start rolling around the Gaspé peninsula in Canada. On this two week trip, we’ll ride about 560 miles.

Honestly, I’m terrified.

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Bumbling Along

Been awhile since I’ve posted about dating. Because, well, I haven’t dated in awhile. Last summer, around the time of my yoga teacher training, I shut down all of my online dating profiles. I intermittently turned them back on, only to shut them back down again within a month. I went on one lackluster date in October or November and shut down my accounts again.

I opened up a new account on Bumble. “It’s different,” I was assured. “The women contact the men first. It weeds out some of the assholes.”

Eventually I caved.Read More »Bumbling Along

Winds of Change

It may be cliché, but I feel them blowing. Cold air has been moving into Florida. Yoga is becoming a bigger part of my life. I’m making temporal space for my arts and crafts, and I will be researching where I might be able to sell them locally. (Though if you aren’t local or just can’t wait, you can buy anytime from the LD Shop!!)Read More »Winds of Change