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A Mother’s Lament
FYI: I might lean a little mawkish here. Our grown children live away from us, one in Brooklyn, NY, the other in San Francisco. We keep in touch frequently via text, FaceTime, email, social media, and yet I find it’s … Continue reading
Like a Marvin Gaye Song
What’s going on? From my bubble on the Left Coast it seems as though the country is experiencing unprecedented turmoil and discord. The first time I dealt with a president who was dishonest and criminal was in 72-73, and I … Continue reading
Another Club Ride
So this club ride, which I’ve done many Thursdays since 2006, is a love/hate affair. It’s a standard Winters Loop, and for the first 4 years I did this ride, it was a total hammerfest. If you were new to … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Family, Fitness, Friends, NorCal, Strava, Tandem, Uncategorized
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Friday the 13th: No Curse Here
When we moved to the Republic of Korea in January, 1983, we were jolted into a new culture. They love babies and old people. They love the #13 and red doors, and garlic, and fermented cabbage (kimchi). They love red-haired, blue-eyed … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friends, Myths, NorCal, real estate, Spring, Tradition, Uncategorized
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The Week in Review
My Association of Realtors’ event celebrating American Home Week was a great success. We changed up the usual breakfast to a mid-afternoon/happy hour event, added a ton of humor vs. a paid speaker, and such fun was had. The numbers … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Friends, NorCal, real estate, Tradition
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It’s Been a While
Let me explain in a Reader’s Digest/bullet point mashup: Daughter scored new job; new job offers free health care for employees and their spouses. Daughter and SI travel to Italy and he proposes marriage; she accepts. They set the wedding … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Family, Friends, NorCal, Uncategorized
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Observations From My Longest Ride in 4 Months
Earlier in the week N proposed a training ride, a Lake Loop, about 65 miles from home and back, and while neither of us have the fitness of our fellow riders, we opted in. We need the training. So we … Continue reading
016Dial it back, 2016
Because Natalie Cole, Lemmy, David Bowie (the most influential in my teenage years), Glenn Frey, my friend’s horse, my husband’s friend’s wife. It’s only the 21st of January. We need some breathing room. Please stop sucking the oxygen out of … Continue reading
Riding My Age in Miles, and More
In 2007 I discovered BikeForums.net, and dove in with no reservations. Many connections continue even now: Fifty+, NorCal, Women’s, Tandem, Racing — so many ways to connect to so many people! To this day I maintain the connections, whether through … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Friends, Metric, Tandem
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