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Everyone has one – Don’t be one
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three lefts do make a right. When we were cycling to dinner for Anne’s birthday, we observed a little traffic mishap, nothing serious really; actually it was more in...
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I Smell Bacon!
Raymore-Peculiar School District is looking for a teacher. Raymore is way too far away for Anne to seriously consider, but with a name like that it certainly gets noticed. You know that the kids there...
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Road Worriers
“In a quarter-mile take the next left fork, then in twenty-two miles take the right fork on to I-70 West. Take the left fork now. No, not the right fork that’s the dinner fork. Doesn’t that look like...
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Wear Sunscreen
Last weekend, we attended two graduations and heard more than a few commencement speeches. Many were quite good, while some I have already forgotten. This post will condense the good one and dispense...
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OMG, Strife Tried to Kill Me Today
OMG and I don’t mean the usual, “Oh My God” use for this acronym, but instead are referring to Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. Those OMGs had a bit of a dustup down in Waco a little while back. Where more...
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Like a Walk in the Park
Dawn of the dead, followed by, hey, the rain is going to hold off until this afternoon. We could get a bike ride in this morning. Just a little one, OK? This was going to be a recovery ride. We …...
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Giant Dandelions
Normally, on a Monday, I’m back at work by now, but what with this being Memorial Day weekend I’ll just have to soldier on. After the previous two days of bicycling, both Strife and I were ready for a...
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Across the Delmar Divide
The Delmar Divide refers to Delmar Boulevard and its role as a racial dividing line in Saint Louis. North of Delmar is predominately black, while south of Delmar is mostly white. Today, we participated...
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Yellow Daisy
We rode in the park today. Not as far as yesterday, but with correspondingly less sun exposure, which is a good thing. We both were feeling still a little fried after yesterday’s all day sojourn under...
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Haters Gotta Hate
Haters got to hate, I just wish that they wouldn’t do it in my town. Pam Geller and her Southern Poverty Law Center certified hate group, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) is at it again....
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Things that Go Click in the Night
Something was going click in the middle of the night, last night. This made for a rather sleepless night. Each sound was a single click and was separated from the next click by at least several seconds...
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Get Your Kicks on Route 66
Part of the joy and dare I say the intrigue of the Mother Road, has always been the kitsch that has adhered along its shoulders, much like plaque does along an artery’s walls. I offer here two examples...
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Beast Master
The title character would be Anne. So, I guess that makes me the beast she married. I suggested the title Beast Mistress, but she wanted none of that she wanted to be my master. Well, thing didn’t go...
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Bicycle Racer With Split Pea Soup
Tagged: Bicycle Racer, Jeff C Williams, Split Pea Soup
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Are the Stars Out Tonight?
Are the stars out tonight I don’t know if it’s cloudy or bright I only have eyes for you dear – The Flamingos We have endured a week of rain, culminating with the depressing arrival of tropical...
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Teetotaler: 4 Beer Guzzler: 2
As if there is any question, Anne won. What a day! We began with a bicycle ride through Forest Park and then Tower Grove Park. Tower Grove’s farmers market was going great guns. I wish that Alice and...
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Hello Mudder, Hello Farter…
Our going in plan for today was for another hard humping day in the saddle, except that yesterday’s respite from the rain was only a one day affair. It rained for most of the morning. After gloriously...
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Hamel’s Haven
Big bicycle day today, 50 miles and still feeling fine and hoping to do it again tomorrow. We rode the bicycle trails of Madison County today, which include many bike bridges, but also many bike...
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Bridge Birthday Bash
Saturday night, we made it to the botanical gardens for the second iteration of the Chinese lantern festival. I liked these dandelion sculptures when I first saw them during the day, but they are...
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9 Baby Mergansers
Dawn launch tomorrow at uh-oh dark thirty. Dan flies to STL and Anne and I begin the Michigan Upper Peninsula bicycle tour. The tour is for 300+ miles in seven days. Jay and Carl are coming with us, at...
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