I looked over the map during hotel breakfast on the morning of departure from Athens, GA at the end of CVMA Nationals 2025. My eyes jumping back and forth between the different blue lined routes my phone navigation app was offering me. As usual, I looked past the dark blue "fastest route" to my destination... Continue Reading →
As soon as I got back from Costa Rica, the urge to roadtrip on my Harley became overwhelming! Though my preference for multiday trips is usually to ride solo, I do enjoy riding with small groups of friends for long weekend excursions. I especially enjoy introducing folks to some of my favorite rides in the... Continue Reading →
March 20th marked the vernal (spring) equinox, the transition from winter to spring, observed by approximately equal lengths of day and night. Nature uses winter as a time for plants and animals to withdraw from the world, with its scarce light and resources amidst the cold, and turn inward to conserve energy and rejuvenate. The... Continue Reading →
I’ve been watching the leaves turn yellow to brown, and then slowly drift down from the huge poplar tree in my back yard. The dogwoods are taking on a red hue and will soon shed their leaves, almost as soon as the poplar tree is completely bare. The hummingbirds have stopped visiting my feeder, and... Continue Reading →
It’s been three weeks since I got the first after-market part installed in me! I’ve heard lots of hippies (total hip replacement recipients 😊) report waking up from surgery in less pain than before the procedure, but that has not been the case with me. The pre-surgery pain emanating from osteoarthritis and bone-on-bone grinding has... Continue Reading →
I blinked, and a couple of months passed! I had lots of visitors and adventures in June and July, but the biggest update is that I got a new hip! The surgery I had to repair my hip four years ago didn’t really work, so the only thing left to do to relieve the pain,... Continue Reading →
How do you memorialize the fallen? If you ask 100 different veterans, you’ll get 100 different answers. Like every other demographic, veterans are not a monolith. We may have some common stereotypical traits associated with people who’ve served, but our experiences, and interpretation of those experiences, vary greatly- especially with the passage of time. Some... Continue Reading →
Winter is hard for us solar-powered folks. When the sun is up, I’m up. When the sun is down, so am I. Now that each day has started to add a few seconds of daylight since the winter solstice on Dec 24, I’ve been straying a bit more from the house. Add to that the... Continue Reading →
“Happy Birthday!” The well-wishes came in the form of snail mail cards, phone calls (some even accompanied with singing!), texts, and social media messages. So many! Though Facebook prompted most of those messages, it’s OK, those people still reached out to me and let me know that I crossed their minds, even if just for... Continue Reading →
Yes, I’m still alive! I just returned from a 5,100 mile, month-long, two-wheel loop through the south. It’s too hard to write stories and post photos from my phone while on the road, so since I didn’t bring a laptop with me on this trip, the blog posts had to wait until I got home. ... Continue Reading →
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